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snaggle en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsnæɡ.əl/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From snag + -le.

Meanings

  1. A knotted or intertwined mass, a tangle.
    • As it stands, female sexual pleasure has been one of human history’s ongoing snaggles. Even in our own sexually enlightened times, there’s no shortage of confusion [...]. 2006, Laura Kipnis, The Female Thing: Dirt, Sex, Envy, Vulnerability, New York: Pantheon, page 44:
  2. A problem, particularly after orthopedic surgery.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
snaggles Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

snaggletooth · unsnaggle · snaggly · snaggletoothed

snaggle en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsnæɡ.əl/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From snag + -le.

Meanings

  1. To become tangled, knotted or intertwined.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
snaggles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
snaggled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
snaggled Tense=Past lexicographic
snaggling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic