What does "snarl" mean?

Additional senses

1. 2.To embarrass; to insnare. [The] question that they would have snarled him with. Latimer.
2. 3.A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate complication; embarrassing difficulty.
3. 4.To growl, as an angry or surly dog; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds. "An angry cur snarls while he feeds." Dryden & Lee.
4. 5.To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms. It is malicious and unmanly to snarl at the little lapses of a pen, from which Virgil himself stands not exempted. Dryden.
5. 6.The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.