snaggle

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/ˈsnæɡ.əl/

noun

A knotted or intertwined mass, a tangle.

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Meanings

nounsnaggle (plural snaggles)

plural snaggles

  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.
verbsnaggle (third-person singular simple present snaggles, present participle snaggling, simple past and past participle snaggled)

present singular third person snaggles · participle present snaggling · participle past snaggled · past snaggled

  1. To become tangled, knotted or intertwined.

Origin

From snag + -le.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with snaggle

hagglegagglewaggleragglestragglenagglewaggelwraggle
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Cite this entry
APA

snaggle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snaggle

MLA

“snaggle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snaggle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snaggle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snaggle.

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