snag

IPA: snˈæg

noun

  • A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch.
  • A dead tree that remains standing.
  • 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.
  • (by extension) Any sharp protuberant part of an object, which may catch, scratch, or tear other objects brought into contact with it.
  • A tooth projecting beyond the others; a broken or decayed tooth.
  • (figuratively) A problem or difficulty with something.
  • A pulled thread or yarn, as in cloth.
  • One of the secondary branches of an antler.
  • (UK, dialect, obsolete) A light meal.
  • (Australia, informal, colloquial) A sausage.
  • (Australian rules football, slang) A goal.
  • A misnaged, an opponent to Chassidic Judaism (more likely modern, for cultural reasons).
  • (informal, uncommon) Acronym of sensitive new age guy.
  • Alternative letter-case form of snag (“sensitive new age guy”) [A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch.]

verb

  • To catch or tear (e.g. fabric) upon a rough surface or projection.
  • To damage or sink (a vessel) by collision; said of a tree or branch fixed to the bottom of a navigable body of water and partially submerged or rising to just beneath the surface.
  • (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, transitive) To obtain or pick up.
  • (UK, dialect) To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
  • (slang, Native American) To have noncommittal sexual relations.
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Examples of "snag" in Sentences

  • He knows how to deal with a snag.
  • That snag is in the timeline theory.
  • What are the snags in this situation
  • This is currently in the snagging phase.
  • He became a hero after overcoming a snag.
  • The initiative hit snags from the beginning.
  • The inclusion of non free images appears to be the snag.
  • The string loosened from the snag and she came on again.
  • Pawan Hans pilot flew helicopter with snag, risked passengers' lives.
  • During the re deploy of the array, the array panels snagged and were damaged.

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