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Synonyms for snag

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : snag
Phonetic Transcription : snæg

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Définition of snag

Origin :
  • 1570s, "stump of a tree, branch," of Scandinavian origin, cf. Old Norse snagi "clothes peg," snaga "a kind of ax," snag-hyrndr "snag-cornered, with sharp points." The ground sense seems to be "a sharp protuberance." The meaning "sharp or jagged projection" is first recorded 1580s; especially "tree or branch in water and partly near the surface, so as to be dangerous to navigation" (1807). The figurative meaning "obstacle, impediment" is from 1829.
  • noun complication in situation
  • verb catch on something
Example sentences :
  • We also paused to look at the body of a dead alligator which had been caught in a snag.
  • Extract from : « The Last Voyage » by Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey
  • Then I had to look at the river mighty quick, because there was a snag in the fairway.
  • Extract from : « Heart of Darkness » by Joseph Conrad
  • If we'd struck a snag that would have held the tree, it would have been 'good-night' for us.
  • Extract from : « Prairie Flowers » by James B. Hendryx
  • The only snag in the latter theory was the fact of our accident.
  • Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith
  • They were always to be seen lying on a log or snag in the water.
  • Extract from : « "Five-Head" Creek; and Fish Drugging In The Pacific » by Louis Becke
  • The line clung to a snag and then gave way; the tackle was missing.
  • Extract from : « Eben Holden » by Irving Bacheller
  • He can get around all right, but he can't get far, and there is no rope to snag him.
  • Extract from : « The Gold Girl » by James B. Hendryx
  • Well, you ran against a snag that time, Mr. Sanguinary Stingaree!
  • Extract from : « Stingaree » by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
  • You can make it up by helpin' me when I run against a snag, in my studies.
  • Extract from : « Fame and Fortune » by Horatio Alger, Jr.
  • But I strike a snag there, for Alsina has not been so boneless as I anticipated.
  • Extract from : « The Prairie Child » by Arthur Stringer

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