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• tan|gle-legs — «TANG guhl LEHGZ», noun. U.S. 1. a popular name of the hobblebush. 2. Slang. strong beer or liquor …   Useful english dictionary

• tan|gle|ber|ry — «TANG guhl BEHR ee», noun, plural ries. a huckleberry of the northeastern United States. Also, dangleberry …   Useful english dictionary

• tan|gle|foot|ed — «TANG guhl FUT ihd», adjective. having tangled feet; stumbling …   Useful english dictionary

• tan|gle|foot — «TANG guhl FUT», adjective, noun. –adj. complicated; confusing; perplexing. –n. 1. anything tangling or confusing. 2. U.S. Slang. an intoxicating beverage, especially whiskey …   Useful english dictionary

• tan|gle|ment — «TANG guhl muhnt», noun. 1. the state of being tangled: »When he declared bankruptcy his business affairs were in an awful tanglement. 2. = tangle. (Cf. ↑tangle) …   Useful english dictionary

• tan|gle|toad — «TANG guhl TOHD», noun. British Dialect. a variety of buttercup with double yellow flowers, that sends out long runners which root themselves …   Useful english dictionary

• tan|gle — tan|gle1 «TANG guhl», verb, gled, gling, noun. –v.t. 1. to twist and twine together in a confused mass; jumble (threads); mat; knot; snarl: »The kitten had tangled the ball of twine. SYNONYM(S): entan …   Useful english dictionary

• en|tan|gle — «ehn TANG guhl», transitive verb, gled, gling. 1. to get twisted up and caught; tangle: »Threads are easily entangled. He entangled his feet in the coil of rope and fell down. SYNONYM(S): snarl, knot, mat. 2. Figurative. to get into difficulty;… …   Useful english dictionary

• oc|tan|gle — «OK tang guhl», noun, adjective. –n. = octagon. (Cf. ↑octagon) –adj. = octagonal. (Cf. ↑octagonal) …   Useful english dictionary

• pen|tan|gle — «PEHN TANG guhl», noun. 1. = pentagram. (Cf. ↑pentagram) 2. = pentagon. (Cf. ↑pentagon) …   Useful english dictionary

• rec|tan|gle — «REHK TANG guhl», noun. a four sided figure with four right angles. ╂[alteration of Medieval Latin rectiangulum < Late Latn, neuter of rectiangulus having a right angle < Latin rēctus right (< regere straighten, rule) + angulus angle] …   Useful english dictionary