snarling adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •Growling, having a snarl.The snarling dog scared me away without ever opening its mouth. noun1 •The act of producing a snarl or growl.When dogs fight, there are usually preliminaries to the actual combat — snarlings and bristlings and stiff-legged struttings. But White Fang learned to omit these preliminaries. — 1906 formssnarlings
