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tan·gle1 / ˈtanggəl/ • v. [tr.] (usu. be tangled) twist together into a confused mass: the broom somehow got tangled up in my long skirt. ∎ [intr.] (tangle with) inf. become involved in a conflict or fight with: I know there'll be trouble if I try to tangle with him. • n. a confused mass of something twisted together: a tangle of golden hair. ∎ a confused or complicated state; a muddle. ∎ inf. a fight, argument, or disagreement. PHRASES: a tangled web a complex, difficult, and confusing situation or thing. DERIVATIVES: tan·gly / -g(ə)lē/ adj. tan·gle2 • n. any of a number of brown seaweeds, esp. oarweed. |
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"tangle." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "tangle." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-tangle.html "tangle." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-tangle.html |
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MICHAEL ALLABY. "tangle." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL ALLABY. "tangle." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O7-tangle.html MICHAEL ALLABY. "tangle." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O7-tangle.html |
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Tanglea knot of threads or other items in confused piles. Examples : tangles of courts, 1861; of creepers, 1842; of facts and figures, 1883; of metaphysics, 1858; of low scrubby oaks, 1873; of serpent tresses, 1819; of words, 1866. |
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"Tangle." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Tangle." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505301554.html "Tangle." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505301554.html |
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tangle1 †involve (a person) in embarrassment XIV; ENTANGLE XVI. ME. tangil, -el, var. of tagil; of uncert. orig.
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T. F. HOAD. "tangle." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "tangle." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-tangle.html T. F. HOAD. "tangle." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-tangle.html |
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tangle2 gen. term for the larger seaweeds. XVI (earliest Sc.). prob. — Norw. tongul, Faroese tangul, repr. ON. bǫngull.
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T. F. HOAD. "tangle." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "tangle." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-tangle1.html T. F. HOAD. "tangle." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-tangle1.html |
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tangle
•draggle, gaggle, haggle, raggle-taggle, straggle, waggle
•algal
•angle, bangle, bespangle, dangle, entangle, fandangle, jangle, mangel, mangle, spangle, strangle, tangle, wangle, wide-angle, wrangle
•triangle • quadrangle • rectangle
•pentangle • right angle • gargle
•bagel, finagle, Hegel, inveigle, Schlegel
•beagle, eagle, illegal, legal, paralegal, regal, spread eagle, viceregal
•porbeagle
•giggle, higgle, jiggle, niggle, sniggle, squiggle, wiggle, wriggle
•commingle, cringle, dingle, Fingal, intermingle, jingle, mingle, shingle, single, swingle, tingle
•prodigal • madrigal • warrigal
•surcingle • Christingle
•boggle, goggle, joggle, synagogal, toggle, woggle
•diphthongal, Mongol, pongal
•hornswoggle
•bogle, mogul, ogle
•Bruegel
•bugle, frugal, fugal, google
•Dougal, Mughal
•Portugal • conjugal
•juggle, smuggle, snuggle, struggle
•bungle, fungal, jungle
•McGonagall • astragal
•burghal, burgle, Fergal, gurgle
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"tangle." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "tangle." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-tangle.html "tangle." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-tangle.html |
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