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The correct spelling is tangle.
How to pronounce tangle
/ˈtæŋ.ɡəl/
nounIPA: /ˈtæŋ.ɡəl/
Say it like: Tan-gle
The correct spelling is tangle. A tangled twisted mass. For example: "I tried to sort through this tangle and got nowhere."
Usage Examples
“I tried to sort through this tangle and got nowhere.”
“Her hair was tangled from a day in the wind.”
“Don't tangle with someone three times your size.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A tangled twisted mass.
- 2.A complicated or confused state or condition.
- 3.An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
- 4.A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times.
- 5.A form of art which consists of sections filled with repetitive patterns.
verb
- 1.To become mixed together or intertwined
- 2.To enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
- 3.To mix together or intertwine
- 4.To catch and hold; to ensnare.
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