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tangle
transitive verb tangled, tangling
- to hinder, obstruct, or confuse by or as by covering, circling, entwining, etc.
- to catch in or as in a net or snare; trap
- to make a knot or snarl of; intertwist
intransitive verb
- to become tangled
- Informal to fight, quarrel, or argue
noun
- an intertwisted, confused mass of things, as string, branches, etc.; snarl
- a jumbled, confused condition
- a perplexed state
- Informal a fight, quarrel, or argument
Related Forms:
- tangler noun
See tangle in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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