Snag

Definition: Snag

Snag

Noun

1. An unforeseen obstacle.

Verb

1. Catch on a snag.

2. Get by acting quickly and smartly.

3. Hew jaggedly.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "snag" was first used: 1577. (references)

Biology & Biotechnology

Food & Agriculture

Industry

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SNAG

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Snag

Convexity

Peg, button, stud, ridge, rib, jutty, trunnion, snag.

Hindrance

Drawback, objection; stumbling-block, stumbling-stone; lion in the path, snag; snags and sawyers.

Sharpness

Point, spike, spine, spicule, spiculum; needle, hypodermic needle, tack, nail, pin; prick, prickle; spur, rowel, barb; spit, cusp; horn, antler; snag; tag thorn, bristle; Adam's needle, bear grass, tine, yucca.

Crosswords: Snag

Afrikaan (during), Irish (hiccup), Scottish (a little audible knock).

I got a snag over at Brooklyn Bridge. (The Taking of Pelham One Two Three; writing credit: John Godey; Peter Stone)

Well, actually I thought I'd snag a young medical student and get him to marry me before he realizes what a lowbrow loser I am. (Jack & Jill; writing credit: Kathy Giaconia)

Well, you've got to be rich to snag the Calvin Klein model she's leaving with. (Angel; writing credit: Let�cia Dornelles)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Estimating Snag and Large Tree Densities and Distributions on a Landscape for Wildlife Management (reference)

• How to Snag Major League Baseballs: More Than 100 Tested Tips That Really Work (reference)

• Jumpstart Your Writing Career and Snag Paying Assignments (reference)

• Snag Him! (Love Stories) (reference)

• The snag and the exercise (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• SNAG (reference)

• Snag It (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Poplar Island snag areas were sampled using gillnets. One significant result indicated that the rockfish were more abundant in the snag areas than in the harbor or in the reference sites. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

A Woodpeck Snag in the Nestucca area. Credit: T. Hogervorst.

Fire foaming a burning snag. Credit: Unknown.

Farshot of weathered Western Juniper (Juniperus Occidentalis) snag. Credit: John Craig.

Wildlife "snag" Tree. Credit: John Craig.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Expressions using "snag": hit a snag ♦ snag boat ♦ snag tooth ♦ strike a snag ♦ there is a snag. Additional references.

Beginning with "snag": snag-free, snag-toothed.

Ending with "snag": anti-snag.

Albanian

trung i ngecur, cung peme. (various references)

Arabic 

‏مشكلة (issue, kink, labyrinth, nodus, nut, problem, question, trouble, twister), ‏نتوء (bulge, bump, bunch, cusp, facet, jut, knob, ledge, lump, nub, projection, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, salience, salient, shell, spur, stick, stick up), ‏تعلق (affection, appertain, attach, become attached, cherish, cleave, concern, crush, depend, fixation, hold of smth., pertain, respect, stick by smb., touch, treasure), ‏عقبة خفية, ‏عقبة (barricade, block, blockade, bunker, difficulty, drawback, hitch, hurdle, inconvenience, interference, jam, obstacle, obstruction, spine, stick, stumbling block), ‏الجذل بقية الغصن المقطوع, ‏شق (chap, check, chink, cleavage, cleave, cleft, crack, cranny, crash, crevasse, crevice, cut, excavate, fissure, flaw, fracture, hew, hole, incise, incision, jag, loophole, lump, nick, open, overture, part, rift, rip, rive, slash, slit, slot, snip, spiracle, splinter, split, spring, tear, twist). (various references)

Bulgarian 

стърчащ зъб (bucktooth), успявам да получа, успявам да докопам, спъвам (beset, clog, cramp, embarrass, entangle, fetter, hinder, hobble, impede, interfere, preclude, prevent, prohibit, retard, set back, shackle, short circuit, snub, tie, trammel, trig), хващам (capture, catch, clamp, find out, get, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, hook, hunt down, land, nail, nip, nobble, pick up, pot, prey upon, run down, seize, strike, take, take effect, take up, track down), чистя от дънери, корен от счупен зъб, непредвидена пречка, малко разклонение на еленов рог, закачам се (grapple, grip, hang oneself, lark, rot), блъскам се (beat about, crash, crowd, dash, hurtle, jar, plod, press forward, puzzle), повреждам се при закачане, повреждам се при блъскане, попречвам на (baffle, discourage, head off, short circuit, weigh against, withhold), пипвам (catch, cop, feel, grab, nab, nail, nip, pinch, pull, rap, touch). (various references)

Chinese 

釘子 (nail), 断枝, 故障 (breakdown, error, fault, glitch). (various references)

Czech

zádrhel (hiccup, hitch), výènìlek (hob, jut, prominence, prominency, protrusion, protuberance), trhlina (breach, chink, cleft, crack, crevasse, crevice, gap, gash, Lacuna, rent, rift, rip, rupture, split, tear), problém (challenge, crux, headache, issue, problem, proposition, question), potíž (difficulty, hassle, hitch, inconvenience, obstacle), překážka (balk, bar, barrier, blockage, fence, hamper, hazard, hindrance, holdback, hurdle, impediment, jump, obstacle, obstruction, resistance, restriction, roadblock, rub, trig), pařez (butt, stub, stump). (various references)

Danish

synker, stab (stub, stump), udtrækningstråd, traestump (stub). (various references)

Dutch

takstomp (stub, stump), ophaal (diagonal, separatrix, slash, solidus, stroke, virgule), min of meer in het water of onderwater liggende stam, boomstomp (stub, stump). (various references)

Farsi 

مانع (Balk, Bar, Barricade, Brake, Crimp, Dike, Drawback, Embargo, Encumbrance, Handicap, Hedge, Hinder, Hindrance, Hitch, Hurdle, Impediment, Let, Lock, Obstacle, Preventive, Repellent, Setback, Shackle, Stay), گیر (Embroglio, Fix, Gripe, Hitch, Impasse, Impediment, Jamming, Obstacle, Scrape, Trap), گره (Burr, Ganglion, Knob, Knot, Loop, Lump, Parcel, Snarl, Tie), بمانعی برخوردکردن . (various references)

Finnish

uppotukki, uppopuu, pystykuiva puu (stub), pohjapuu, oksantynkä (stub, stump), kelo (stub). (various references)

French

chicot, accroc. (various references)

German

knorren (Burl, burr, gnarl, knot). (various references)

Greek 

κλάδοσ δένδρου, κολοβόσ (tailless, truncate, truncated), σκάλωμα, πρέμνον,κούτσουρο, πρέμνον (branch, stub, stump), υποβρύχιον ξύλον, εξέχων δόντι, απροσδόκητο εμπόδιο. (various references)

Hebrew 

מקור סכ� �", מכשול (balk, bar, baulk, drawback, hindrance, hitch, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, pitfall, stumbling block), קרע (rag, rift, rupture, schism, shred, tag, tatter, tear), זיז מסוכן. (various references)

Hungarian

váratlan bökkenő, ronda nő (gorgon), rejtett akadály, kidudorodás (ballooning, belly, bilge, bulge, bulging, gibbosity, nipple, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swell, swelling), kiálló szikla, kiálló farönk, kiálló csonk, gubanc (matting, ravel, screw-up, snick, tangle), gond (attention, care, chagrin, concern, discomfort, headache, pits, preoccupation, problem, trouble, worry), csonk (end, stub, stud, stump), bányarém. (various references)

Indonesian

cabikan (tear). (various references)

Italian

sporgenza (bulge, jag, jut, overhang, projection, prominence, prominency, protrusion, protuberance, shoulder), snag, troncone (stub, stump), tirare un filo, ostacolo (balk, check, clog, difficulty, drag, drawback, fence, handicap, hindrance, hitch, holdback, hurdle, impediment, jump, obstacle, obstruction, setback, stumbling block, wattle), mozzicone (butt, end, stub, stump, tip over), intralcio, intoppo, ostacolo imprevisto, intoppo (hitch, Nodus, obstacle), filo tirato (snarl), albero morto. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

縺れ (difficulties, entanglement, snarl, tangle, trouble). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

もつれ (difficulties, entanglement, snarl, tangle, trouble). (various references)

Korean 

가지 그루터기. (various references)

Manx

kiap snapperal (impediment, stumbling block), kiap (block, block for burning, butt, last, log, pad, pillow, socle, stock, tree-stump, trunk, trunk of tree), gragane, bac (balk, disability, disqualification, drawback, handicap, moratorium, objection, obstacle, pull back, stay, trap). (various references)

Pig Latin

agsnay

Portuguese

talão (book, chequebook, coupon, heel, talon), rajo (stub, stump), raiz ou tronco aguçado, protuberância (bulge, gibbosity, knob, knurl, lump, nodosity, nub, outgrowth, prominence, prominency, protrusion, puff), ponta saliente (jag, jagg), pesunho (stub), nó de madeira (gnarl), madeira deslavada, madeira de árvore morta, galho (arm, bough, branch, fescue, limb, offshoot, twig), fio puxado, cepo (blockhead, chunk, chunk of wood, dummy, log, stock), candeia (lamp), árvore morta. (various references)

Romanian

ramurã de corn, opri (abate, abstain, arrest, balk, bar, baulk, break, bring to, bring to a stop, call off, circumvent, clog, collar, contain, curb, cut off, deflate, delay, discontinue, end, estop, forbear, forbid, foreclose, halt, hinder, hold, inhibit, interdict, keep back, phase out, prohibit, pull up, put a stopper on, put out, quench, restrain, retain, shut out, staunch, stay, stem, stop, strangle, subside, taboo, withhold), obstacol (bar, barrier, check, clog, cumber, delay, dike, drag, drawback, encumbrance, entanglement, hazard, hindrance, hitch, hold back, hurdle, impediment, interference, jog, leap, marplot, object, obstacle, obstruction, rub, stay), inconvenient (disadvantage), hop (bang, difficulty, go, hop, jump, pop, rub, trouble, up-a-daisy), grãmadã (aheap, assemblage, batch, block, bulk, clamp, clump, cluster, cob, collection, congeries, crowd, drift, flock, heap, host, hulk, load, lump, mass, mountain, multitude, ocean, pack, Peck, pile, power, shoal, stack, throng, ton, wilderness of), draga, curãţa de cioturi, claie (crowd, fleece, hayrick, haystack, heap, Rick, shock, stack), ciot (gnarl, knar, knob, knot, nub, stub, stump), buturugã (clump, log, stub), butuc (block, butt, chump, hub, log, lump, pap, stock, stub, stump, vine), împiedica (arrest, back, balk, baulk, block, brake, check, circumvent, clog, delay, detain, deter, embarrass, encumber, forbid, foreclose, hamper, help, hinder, hitch, hobble, hold, hopple, impede, inhibit, intercept, lock, obstruct, prevent, put on the brakes, restrain, shackle, shut out, stay, stop, trammel, withhold). (various references)

Russian 

коряга. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

stablo u vodi, zaplesti se, zakačiti (graze, hook, interlock, pin), uloviti (catch, sniggle), prepreka (ado, balk, bar, barrage, barrier, baulk, difficulty, drag, drawback, hang up, hindrance, holdback, hurdle, impeachment, impediment, liability, obstacle, obstruction, set back, setback, static, trammel, traverse), kvrga (callus, knot, knurl, tubercle), čvoruga (bump, knurl). (various references)

Spanish

tocón (butt, stub, stump). (various references)

Swedish

krux (crux), grenstump (stub, stump). (various references)

Thai

ปัญหาเล็กน้อย. (various references)

Turkish

takmak (affix, attach, bother, fix, fixate, give a damn, hang, hang on, hitch, hook, infix, set, stick, stock, string, thread, wear), takılmak (banter, be affixed, be attached, catch, chaff, chip, guy, hang out, haunt, hook, impose oneself on, jam, jam in, jolly, Josh, kid, lark, lark about, lark around, lock, lock on, pull smb.'s leg, rally, rib, rot, seize, seize up, sport, stick, stick around, tease), tökezlemek (blunder, halt, loose one's footing, miss one's footing, stagger, stumble, trip), nehir dibini köklerden temizlemek, nehir dibine saplı ağaç, kırık diş, fırlak diş, engellemek (balk, bar, baulk, block, circumvent, clamp the lid on smth., clog, counterwork, cramp, Crimp, cross, cumber, dam, dam up, defeat, embarrass, encumber, fetter, foil, gum up, hamper, hedge, hedge about, hedge around, hinder, hobble, impede, inhibit, keep down, keep from, obstruct, preclude, prevent from, put the lid on smth., resist, restrain, save, shut out, stem, stymie, surety, trammel), engel (balk, bar, barrage, barricade, barrier, baulk, block, check, clog, countercheck, counterwork, cramp, Crimp, dam, determent, difficulty, discouragement, disincentive, drag, drawback, encumbrance, entanglement, fence, handicap, hedge, hindrance, hobble, hold up, holdback, hurdle, impediment, interference, let, obstacle, obstruction, restraint, retardation, rub, shackles, slashing, stay, stick, stop, stumbling block, supersedeas, tie, trammel), budak (knag, knar, knob, knot, knurl, shoot), çıkık uç. (various references)

Ukrainian

сук, корч, виступ (address, appearance, corbel, gibbosity, jut, ledge, nib, offset, overhang, projection, promontory, protrusion, salience, salient, shoulder, spine, teat, ward), очищати від корчів, наріст (excrescence, gnarl, node, nodule, outgrowth), налетіти на корч. (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự trở ngại bất ngờ, chân răng gãy gốc cây gãy ngang đầu mấu c� nh cây gãy, cọc đá cắm ở lòng sông. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "snag": snagged, snaggier, snaggiest, snagging, snaggleteeth, snaggletooth, snaggletoothed, snaggy, snaglike, snags. (additional references)

Words containing "snag": bisnaga, bisnagas. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Snag" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Anagh, Annagh, Asang, dnag, Nsad, Sangak, sangh, Sangi, Sanogo, sbag, scag, siag, smag, snaa, snaac, snab, snae, snaggy, snah, snal, snarg, snat, snau, snax, snaz, snef, sneg, sng, snieg, snoge, snogg, spag, sqag, synagy. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: nags, sang.

-1 letter: gan, gas, nag, sag.

-2 letters: ag, an, as, na.

+1 letter: agons, angas, angst, bangs, dangs, fangs, gains, gangs, glans, gnars, gnash, gnats, gnaws, grans, guans, hangs, pangs, sanga, sangh, slang, snags, spang, stang, swang, tangs, vangs, yangs.

+2 letters: agenes, agents, agings, agones, algins, aligns, angels, angers, angles, angsts, argons, ashing, asking, assign, basing, bhangs, bogans, casing, changs, clangs, congas, dongas, easing, fagins, fangas, gainst, gamins, ganefs, ganevs, ganjas, ganofs, gascon, gaskin, gasman, gasmen, genoas, giants, glands, gleans, gnarls, gnarrs, gobans, gonads, gossan, gowans, grains, grands, grants, groans, guanos, hogans, kiangs, lagans, lasing, liangs, ligans, lingas, logans, manges, mangos, orangs, organs, pagans, pangas, prangs, ranges, rasing, sangar, sangas, sanger, sanghs, saning, sarong, satang, sating, saving, sawing, saying, senega, signal, slangs, slangy, slogan, snaggy, sprang, stangs, strang, syngas, tangos, tongas, twangs, vegans, wagons, whangs, wigans, wrangs.

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