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snag::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hang-up, hitch, rub |
| Type of | obstacle, obstruction |
snag::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | tree |
a snag can provide food and a habitat for insects and birds.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling, bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity |
Examples of snag
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A good time to snag this 68 sq m penthouse-style apartment with a large balcony.
From the smh.com.au
Vaccine producers have hit a snag making vaccine against the swine flu pandemic.
From the newscientist.com
By getting an earlier start this year, Lindgren hoped to snag some better deals.
From the suntimes.com
One snag can cost you roughly half the price of a year's worth of legal fishing.
From the sltrib.com
A special regulation has rescinded the anti-snag rule below the railroad bridge.
From the thenewstribune.com
I managed to snag the floating tackle box about the same time as another angler.
From the sltrib.com
The latest snag was caused by fishing line snarled around the vessel's thruster.
From the delawareonline.com
Anyway, Sarah's plan hits a snag when medical tests reveal that she's infertile.
From the toledoblade.com
If you were to even hit a snag and were confued, al you have to do is google it.
From the forbes.com
- A sharp protuberance
- Catch on a snag; "I snagged my stocking"
- A dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest; "a snag can provide food and a habitat for insects and birds"
- Get by acting quickly and smartly; "snag a bargain"
- Hew jaggedly
- Rip: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"
- Seachtain na Gaeilge (SnaG) is a non-profit organisation which aims to promote the Irish language during a two week festival held at the beginning of March every year. (In the weeks preceding Saint Patrick's Day).
- In forest ecology, a snag refers to a standing, partly or completely dead tree, often missing a top or most of the smaller branches. ...
- In textiles, a snag is created when a sharp or rough object pulls, plucks, scratches, or drags a group of fibres, yarn, or a yarn segment from its normal pattern. ...
