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    [Verb]  | "tan*gle" | \ ˈtaŋ-gəl \


    1: to unite or knit together in intricate confusion

    2: to involve so as to hamper, obstruct, or embarrass

    3: to seize and hold in or as if in a snare : entrap

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English tanglen, tagilen, probably short for entanglen, from Anglo-French entagler, entangler to prosecute (for), implicate;

    [Noun]  | "tangle" 


    1: a matted, twisted mass : snarl

    2: a complicated or confused state or condition

    3: a state of perplexity or complete bewilderment

    Origin: 1615 ;

    [Noun]  | "tangle" 


    1: a large seaweed

    Origin: 1536 ;

     Of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse thǫngull tangle, thang seaweed;

    [Noun]  | "neurofibrillary tangle" 


    1: a pathological accumulation of paired helical filaments composed of abnormally formed tau protein that is found chiefly in the cytoplasm of neurons of the brain and especially the cerebral cortex and hippocampus and that occurs typically in Alzheimer's disease

    Origin: 1963 ;

    [Phrasal verb]  | "tangle with" 


    1: to fight or argue with (someone or something)

    [Noun]  | "tangle" 


    1: a state of mental uncertainty;


      * e.g., " ... my mind's been in a tangle ever since I learned some disturbing information about an online acquaintance "



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    [Verb]  | "tangle" 


    1: to catch or hold as if in a net;


      * e.g., " ... was at last tangled in the web of lies that he had told to everyone "




    2: to twist together into a usually confused mass;


      * e.g., " ... that darn cat tangled the yarn I was trying to knit with "




     [ "tangle" ]

    1: The act of OR pertaining to sexual relations.

      * e.g.,  ... Last night I hooked up with two chicks and got into a tangle ... y'know what I'm sayin"? 

     [ "tangle" ]

    1: to become involved in a fight, esp. with two lots of large opposing groups of people.

      * e.g.,  ... Terrence had stepped on his toes, so he asked him if he wanted to tangle. 

     [ "tangle" ]

    1: to INTERTWINE

      * e.g.,  ... A word only on this site because I added it 

     [ "tangle" ]

    1: to become interlocked,so much so it's usually unseperable

      * e.g.,  ... my shoelace & my necklace are tangled 

     [ "tangle" ]

    1: The term for a group of dog walkers. (e.g., a herd of elephants, a pride of lions, a murder of crows, a tangle of dog walkers)

      * e.g.,  ... Walking down the sidewalk in Gramercy Park, I passed a tangle of dog walkers who happened to meet up. There were four dog walkers and like 20 dogs. 

     [ "Tangled" ]

    1: Fucking, having sex not to be confused with simply ’hooking up’ Going all the way

      * e.g.,  ... Max and Margret tangled every night and she inevitably got pregnant 

     [ "Tangled" ]

    1: A Disney movie about a girl with 70 feet of magical hair and a bandit who helps her along the way. They encounter pub thugs, her evil foster mother, and two bandit brothers while on their way to an annual light festival in remembrance of the lost princess (Rapunzel). A retelling of the German fairy tale Rapunzel.

      * e.g.,  ... It takes two to get TANGLED! 

     [ "Tangled" ]

    1: An amazing movie, released in November 2010, that was inspired by the fairy tale "Rapunzel". Disney was originally just gonna leave the movie title as "Rapunzel", but changed it to "Tangled" so it didn't bring in just female audiences. I don't care what you think; I'm a guy, and I thought it was amazing!!!!!

      * e.g.,  ... "Tangled" is yet another fantastic movie released by Walt Disney Animation Studios. 

     [ "Tangled" ]

    1: Its actual meaning is intricate, complicated. Strictly speaking it is twisted together untidily

      * e.g.,  ... One of them got tangled in his sword and fell or they told me he went overboard, tangled in the sails. 

     [ "Tangled" ]

    1: How you feel after the use of illegal substances.

      * e.g.,  ... Jakk: How are you feeling right now Jitking? 

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