Snarl

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A snarl is a facial expression, where the upper lip is raised, and the nostrils widen. It usually indicates hate or pain.

Snarling uses the levator labii superioris alaeque nasi muscle.

Snarl is sometimes used to mean an angry-sounding noise, e.g.:

• In the dark there was a snarling noise (The Fellowship of the Ring, 'Fog on the Barrow-downs', by J. R. R. Tolkien).
• The snarl of chainsaws.

This usage was likely started by people misunderstanding the expression "growling and snarling".

[edit] Other uses

• Snarl may also refer to several characters on the Transformers.
• Snarl, a Growl-like application for Windows.