snarler

1. (literally) one who snarlsExamples: ""Yeah," snarled the other guy, "well, why don't you write this down: You can't bet more than that $100 chip from now on. You can only play one hand and" — he turned to the dealer — "shuffle up on every couple of rounds, you hear me?" [...] "You don't mind if I play craps?" I asked them as I parted. "I'm not going to be hassled at craps, am I?" "Play craps all you want," said the snarler, triumphant in his knowledge that no one could beat craps."literally

2. (by extension) a person with a disagreeable or antagonistic temperamentExamples: "Tecla was neither a snarler nor a crab, but a good simple lady; yet she was a beata — one of the most temperate species."; "The domestic snarler is felt to be a curse and an ignoble varlet, since for small reasons, or no reasons, he will disturb domestic peace and engender discomfort."; "…; his acquaintance with Wordsworth, whose Midas-ears he really persuaded himself to admire ; his intercourse with Godwin ; and his close alliance with that perverse and wrong-headed but brilliant snarler, Hazlitt."broadly

3. (New Zealand, informal) A sausage, particularly a barbecued one.Examples: "Summer snarler comes up trumps, Manawatu Herald: "A Woodville Beef & Blue Cheese sausage has triumphed over out-of-town rivals in a fry-off.""New-Zealandinformal