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   tangle

   /ˈtaŋɡ(ə)l/

   verb

   • 1. twist together into a confused mass: "the broom somehow got tangled up in my long skirt" Similar entanglesnarlcatchentwineintertwineintertwisttwistravelknotenmeshcoilmatjumblemuddleOpposite untangledisentangleunravel
   • ▪ make (something) complicated or confused: "a ploy to tangle matters even further"
   • 2. become involved in a conflict or fight with: informal "they usually come a cropper when they tangle with the heavy mobs" Similar come into conflictbecome involvedhave a disputedisputearguequarrelfightrowwranglesquabblecontendcross swordslock horns

   noun

   • 1. a confused mass of something twisted together: "a tangle of golden hair" Similar snarlmassmatclusterknotmeshdisorderthatchweb
   • ▪ a confused or complicated state; a muddle: "the home team's defence got into an awful tangle" Similar muddlejumblemix-upconfusionentanglementmishmashshamblesscramble
   • 2. a fight, argument, or disagreement: informal "she got into a tangle with staff"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘entangle, catch in a tangle’): probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Swedish dialect taggla ‘disarrange’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. tangly adjective

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