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Raresnag
The correct spelling is snag.
How to pronounce snag
/ˈsnæɡ/
nounIPA: /ˈsnæɡ/
Say it like: Sna-g
The correct spelling is snag. A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch. For example: "Be careful not to snag your stockings on that concrete bench!"
Usage Examples
“Be careful not to snag your stockings on that concrete bench!”
“The steamboat was snagged on the Mississippi River in 1862.”
“We snagged for spoonbill from the eastern shore of the Mississippi River.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch.
- 2.A dead tree that remains standing.
- 3.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.
- 4.(by extension) Any sharp protuberant part of an object, which may catch, scratch, or tear other objects brought into contact with it.
- 5.A tooth projecting beyond the others; a broken or decayed tooth.
verb
- 1.To catch or tear (e.g. fabric) upon a rough surface or projection.
- 2.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.
- 3.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.
- 4.To obtain or pick up (something).
- 5.To stealthily steal with legerdemain prowess (something).
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