1 [V] ~ (at sb/sth) (of dogs, etc.) to show the teeth and make a deep angry noise in the throat:
The dog snarled at us.
2 ~ (sth) (at sb) to speak in an angry or bad tempered way:
[Vspeech] 'Get out of here!' he snarled. * [VN] She snarled abuse at anyone who happened to walk past.
PHRASALVERBS
snarl up
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is snarl a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, snarl is tagged as verb.
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