snarl


snarl (http://definr.com/snarl)

     n 1: a vicious angry growl
     2: an angry vicious expression
     3: something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government
        regulations" [syn: tangle, maze]
     v 1: utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone; `"No!," she
          snapped'; "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]