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snar

/snɑː(ɹ)/

snar verb: to snarl.

Verb

snar (third-person singular simple present snars, present participle snarring, simple past and past participle snarred)

  1. (obsolete) To snarl.
    • And some of Tygres, that did seeme to gren
      And snar at all that ever passed by1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of snar

third-person singular presentsnars
present participlesnarring
past participlesnarred
pastsnarred

Origin of snar

Akin to Low German and Old Dutch snarren, German schnarren.

Words formed from snar

Words that rhyme with snar

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Questions about snar

What does snar mean?
Snar means to snarl.
What part of speech is snar?
Snar is a verb.
How do you pronounce snar?
Snar is pronounced /snɑː(ɹ)/.
What is the past tense of snar?
The past tense of snar is snarred.

Words near snar in the dictionary

  1. snapt to attention
  2. snapweed
  3. snapweeds
  4. snapwood
  5. snapworthy
  6. snar
  7. snare
  8. snare drum
  9. snare drummer
  10. snare drummers
  11. snare drums

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