tangle

Definition

To mix together or intertwine.

Etymology

From Middle English tanglen, probably of North Germanic origin, compare Swedish taggla (“to disorder”), Old Norse þǫngull, þang (“tangle; seaweed”), see Etymology 2 below.

Example Sentences

• "Her hair was tangled from a day in the wind."
• "By the afternoon it seemed as if the storm had passed and that frost was setting in; but in the evening the wind rose to gale force, bringing telegraph poles down like skittles and tangling power and telephone lines."
• "Don't tangle with someone three times your size."