From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsnarl-upˈsnarl-up noun [countable] British English 1 a confused situation that prevents work from continuing2 TTCTTRa situation in which traffic is prevented from moving → congestion There was a big snarl-up on the M1.
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snarl-up• They're trying to untangle a snarl-up in editing. 