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pretzel up

pretzel up verb: to make or become confused, perplexed, twisted or entangled.

Verb

pretzel up (third-person singular simple present pretzels up, present participle (US) pretzeling up or (UK) pretzelling up, simple past and past participle (US) pretzeled up or (UK) pretzelled up)

  1. (ambitransitive, idiomatic, informal) To make or become confused, perplexed, twisted or entangled.

Forms of pretzel up

third-person singular presentpretzels up
present participle USpretzeling up
present participle UKpretzelling up
past participle USpretzeled up
past USpretzeled up
past participle UKpretzelled up
past UKpretzelled up

Questions about pretzel up

What does pretzel up mean?
Pretzel up means to make or become confused, perplexed, twisted or entangled.
What part of speech is pretzel up?
Pretzel up is a verb.
What is the past tense of pretzel up?
The past tense of pretzel up is pretzeled up.

Words near pretzel up in the dictionary

  1. pretzel links
  2. pretzel pillow
  3. pretzel pillows
  4. pretzel style
  5. pretzel syndrome
  6. pretzel up
  7. pretzel-bender
  8. pretzeled
  9. pretzeling
  10. pretzelise
  11. pretzelised

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