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snarl up

snarl up verb: to entangle.

Verb

snarl up (third-person singular simple present snarls up, present participle snarling up, simple past and past participle snarled up)

  1. (transitive) to entangle
  2. (intransitive) To become tangled; to become entangled
  3. (transitive) To block (traffic); to cause (traffic) to be congested.
  4. (intransitive) to become congested.
  5. (transitive) To put into disarray; contort; confuse; muddle up

Forms of snarl up

third-person singular presentsnarls up
present participlesnarling up
past participlesnarled up
pastsnarled up

Questions about snarl up

What does snarl up mean?
Snarl up means to entangle.
What part of speech is snarl up?
Snarl up is a verb.
What is the past tense of snarl up?
The past tense of snarl up is snarled up.

Words near snarl up in the dictionary

  1. snarkless
  2. snarks
  3. snarktastic
  4. snarky
  5. snarl
  6. snarl up
  7. snarl word
  8. snarl words
  9. snarl-up
  10. snarl-ups
  11. snarled

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