Antonyms for snag
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : snag |
| Phonetic Transcription : snæg |
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for snag
- bar
- barrier
- blockade
- brake
- bug
- catch
- Catch-22
- clog
- crimp
- cropper
- crunch
- curb
- difficulty
- disadvantage
- drag
- drawback
- fix
- glitch
- hamper
- hitch
- holdup
- hole
- hurdle
- impediment
- inconvenience
- knot
- nail
- obstacle
- obstruction
- pickle
- problem
- puzzler
- rip
- run into
- scrape
- spot
- stumbling block
- tear
- the rub
- tight spot
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