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snarl
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"growl and bare the teeth," 1580s, perhaps from Dutch or Low German snarren "to rattle," probably of imitative origin (compare German schnarren "to rattle," schnurren "to hum, buzz"). Meaning "speak in a harsh manner" first recorded 1690s. Related: Snarled ...
Usage examples of snarl.
The campaign that began so placidly with six appealing serious candidates will likely degenerate into a snarling sea of invective featuring offscreen announcers with ominous voices, grainy photographs and blown-up, red-circled, out-of-context newspaper clips.
She could feel the hot blood nearby, and the demon that lived in her core snarled with anticipation and impatience.
Trolloc bared goat teeth at him in a snarl, ears twitching beside its horns.
Muradin was only a pace or two ahead, staring straight in front of him, teeth bared, snarling silently.
They had not been on the path long when he stopped in his tracks, wrinkling his nose and baring his teeth in a snarl.
The batture was a solid granny-knot of brush, saplings, weeds, and snags-a nearly-impenetrable snarl of desiccated roots and branches, occupied by birds, turtles, snakes of every variety, alligators, and upon occasion runaway slaves.
Instead of commiserating with the economic plight of the British, the Canadians blustered and snarled, hurling threats of retaliation against any tariff adjustments the United Kingdom might have to make in its EEC negotiations.
Hawk laughed, braying out a long snarling laugh through yellow teeth, gray moustaches and a bronchitic throat.
With a snarl, Joe seated himself, brushing off placations from the men on either side of him.
Night after night he bolted upright in the dark, panting and reaching for his axe before he realized the wagons were not in flames, that no bloody-muzzled shapes snarled over torn and twisted bodies littering the ground.
Despite his tremendous virility, Malemute Kid was possessed of a softer, womanly element, which could win the confidence of a snarling wolf-dog or draw confessions from the most wintry heart.
Instead the manhead snarled and tightened the pressure, bending Teron almost in half.
Bartok, the other Rigelian, snarled softly and handed over a mussy handkerchief.
All six were dressed identically to Vastor, and each bore those twin teardrop shields that snarled like overdriven comm speakers.
This usually happened, and I palpated the snarling bundle of white hair and went over him with stethoscope and thermometer.