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Noun: snarl-up  'snaa(r)l,úp
  1. A number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move
    "We were stuck in a snarl-up for hours";
    - traffic jam, jam
Verb: snarl up
  1. Make more complicated or confused through entanglements
    "The new regulations snarled up the approval process";
    - snarl, embrangle [archaic]

Derived forms: snarl-ups, snarled up, snarling up, snarls up

Type of: complicate, crush, jam, perplex, press