What is "snarl"

Snarl \Snarl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snarled; p. pr. & vvb. n. Snarling.] [Etymol. uncertain.] To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface.

Snarl \Snarl\, v. t. [From Snare, v. t.]

1. To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots; as, to snarl a skein of thread. ``Her snarled hair.''
   --Spenser.

2. To embarrass; to insnare.

   [The] question that they would have snarled him with.
   --Latimer.

Snarl \Snarl\, n. A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate complication; embarrassing difficulty.

Snarl \Snarl\, v. i. [From Snar.]

1. To growl, as an angry or surly dog; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds. ``An angry cur snarls while he feeds.''
   --Dryden & Lee.

2. To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms.

   It is malicious and unmanly to snarl at the little lapses of a pen, from which Virgil himself stands not exempted.
   --Dryden.

Snarl \Snarl\, n. The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.

"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; snarling.

"to tangle, to catch in a snare or noose" (trans.), late 14c., from a noun snarl "a snare, a noose" (late 14c.), probably a diminutive of snare (n.1). Intransitive sense "become twisted or entangled" is from c.1600. Related: Snarled; snarling.

"a sharp growl accompanied by a display of the teeth," 1610s, from snarl (v.2).

late 14c., "a snare, noose," from snarl (v.1). Meaning "a tangle, a knot" is first attested c.1600. Meaning "a traffic jam" is from 1933.

n. 1 A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate complication; embarrassing difficulty. 2 The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention. 3 A growl, as of an angry or surly dog, or similar; grumbling sounds vb. 1 To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface. 2 To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots. 3 To embarrass; to ensnare. 4 To growl, as an angry or surly dog; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds. 5 To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms.

1. v. utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone; "The sales clerky snapped a reply at the angry customer"; "The guard snarled at us" [syn: snap]

2. make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise; "Bullets snarled past us"

3. twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord" [syn: entangle, tangle, mat] [ant: disentangle, disentangle]

4. make more complicated or confused through entanglements [syn: snarl up, embrangle]

1. n. a vicious angry growl

2. an angry vicious expression

3. something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government regulations" [syn: tangle, maze]

Snarl is the name of several different fictional characters in the various Transformers universes.

A snarl is a type of facial expression.

Snarl may also refer to:

• Snarl (Transformers), a character from the fictional Transformers Universe
• Snarl (software), a notification system for the Windows operating system

A snarl is a sound, often a growl or vicious utterance, often accompanied by a facial expression, where the upper lip is raised, and the nostrils widen, generally indicating hate, anger or pain. In addition to humans, other mammals including monkeys, rabbits and dogs snarl, often to warn others of their potential bite. In humans, snarling uses the levator labii superioris alaeque nasi muscle. The threatening vocalizations of snarling are often accompanied by or used synonymously with threatening facial expressions.

The word "snarl" is also used as an onomatopoeia for the threatening noise to which it refers, as in the 'snarl' of a chainsaw. This usage may derive from the common expression describing a dog as "growling and snarling". One literary use of "snarl" to mean a noise is in The Lord of the Rings in the encounter with the barrow-wight: "In the dark there was a snarling noise".

Snarl is a notification system for Windows inspired by Growl that allows applications to display alpha-blended messages on the screen.

Unlike other forms of notification, Snarl does not hijack the current focused window, nor does it force the taskbar to be visible. Notifications can either be canceled by clicking on them, or left to disappear automatically if ignored for a period of time.

Snarl can display several messages at any one time; new messages are simply displayed beneath (or above) existing ones. An application can display any number of messages, and can update the content, icon, and time the message appears for any particular message at any time and explicitly remove the message if required. Applications can also request to be notified if a user clicks on a particular message.

Developers of other applications can include Snarl support in their applications with almost no effort at all - Snarl uses Windows window messaging functionality to show and hide notifications, making it accessible to any programming language from low-level pure C to high-level Visual Basic 6 or .NET-based environments.