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tangle

transitive verb tangled, tangling

  1. to hinder, obstruct, or confuse by or as by covering, circling, entwining, etc.
  2. to catch in or as in a net or snare; trap
  3. to make a knot or snarl of; intertwist

intransitive verb

  1. to become tangled
  2. Informal to fight, quarrel, or argue

noun

  1. an intertwisted, confused mass of things, as string, branches, etc.; snarl
  2. a jumbled, confused condition
  3. a perplexed state
  4. Informal a fight, quarrel, or argument

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