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snarring

snarring is the present participle and gerund of snar.

Meaning of snar

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

Questions about snarring

What is snarring the present participle and gerund of?
Snarring is the present participle and gerund of snar.

Words near snarring in the dictionary

  1. snarls
  2. snarls up
  3. snarly
  4. Snarr
  5. snarred
  6. snarring
  7. Snarrs
  8. Snarry
  9. snars
  10. Snarski
  11. Snarskis

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