Quick definitions from WordNet (tangle)
▸ noun: something jumbled or confused ("A tangle of government regulations")
▸ noun: a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven ("They carved their way through the tangle of vines")
▸ verb: force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
▸ verb: twist together or entwine into a confusing mass ("The child entangled the cord")
▸ verb: tangle or complicate
▸ verb: disarrange or rumple; dishevel
▸ Also see tangle
▸ noun: something jumbled or confused ("A tangle of government regulations")
▸ noun: a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven ("They carved their way through the tangle of vines")
▸ verb: force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
▸ verb: twist together or entwine into a confusing mass ("The child entangled the cord")
▸ verb: tangle or complicate
▸ verb: disarrange or rumple; dishevel
▸ Also see tangle