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snarl-up

n

Informal chiefly Brit a confusion, obstruction, or tangle, esp a traffic jam

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

snarl-up - a number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move traffic jam crush, jam, press - a dense crowd of people gridlock - a traffic jam so bad that no movement is possible

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snarl-up

noun tangle, confusion, muddle, entanglement What idiot has caused this snarl-up?

Translations

snarl-up [ˈsnɑːlʌp] N

1. (Aut etc) → atasco m, embotellamiento m

2. (in plans etc) → enredo m, maraña f

snarl-up

n (Brit inf, in traffic) → (Verkehrs)chaos nt; (in system, on switchboard etc) → Kuddelmuddel nt (inf); snarl-ups → ein großes Kuddelmuddel (inf); the snarl-ups at rush-hour periods → das Chaos in den Stoßverkehrszeiten

snarl-up [ˈsnɑːlˌʌp] n (of traffic) → intasamento