SNAG in English dictionary

  • snag

    Meanings and definitions of "SNAG"

    • A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance.
    • A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a broken or decayed tooth.
    • A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk.
    • One of the secondary branches of an antler.
    • As in cloth, a pulled thread or yarn.
    • (figuratively) A problem or difficulty with something.
    • (Australian, informal) A sausage.
    • A misnaged, an opponent to Chassidic Judaism (more likely modern, for cultural reasons).
    • To catch or tear (e.g. fabric) upon a rough surface or projection
    • (fishing) To fish by means of dragging a large hook or hooks on a line, intending to impale the body (rather than the mouth) of the target
    • (slang) To pick up (something)
    • noun
      (Britain, dialect, obsolete)
      A light meal.
    • noun
      (Australia, informal, colloquial)
      A sausage. [From 1941.]
    • noun
      A misnaged, an opponent to Chassidic Judaism (more likely modern, for cultural reasons).
    • noun
      A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance.
    • noun
      Any sharp protuberant part of an object, which may catch, scratch, or tear other objects brought into contact with it.
    • noun
      A tooth projecting beyond the others; a broken or decayed tooth.
    • noun
      A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk.
    • noun
      (figuratively)
      A problem or difficulty with something.
    • noun
      A pulled thread or yarn, as in cloth.
    • noun
      One of the secondary branches of an antler.
    • verb
      To catch or tear (e.g. fabric) upon a rough surface or projection.
    • verb
      (fishing)
      To fish by means of dragging a large hook or hooks on a line, intending to impale the body (rather than the mouth) of the target.
    • verb
      (slang)
      To obtain or pick up (something).
    • verb
      (Britain, dialect)
      To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
    • trouble(s)
    • figuratively: problem or difficulty with something
    • noun
      an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"
    • noun
      an unforeseen obstacle
    • noun
      a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest; "a snag can provide food and a habitat for insects and birds"
    • noun
      a sharp protuberance
    • verb
      catch on a snag; "I snagged my stocking"
    • verb
      get by acting quickly and smartly; "snag a bargain"
    • verb
      hew jaggedly

    Synonyms of "SNAG" in English dictionary

    rip, jut, hump are the top synonyms of "SNAG" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of SNAG

    • snag ( third-person singular simple present snags, present participle snagging, simple past and past participle snagged)
    • snag ( plural  snags)
    • snag (plural snags)
    • snag (third-person singular simple present snags, present participle snagging, simple past and past participle snagged)
  • SNAG
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