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▸ noun: A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch.
▸ noun: A dead tree that remains standing.
▸ noun: 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.
▸ noun: (by extension) Any sharp protuberant part of an object, which may catch, scratch, or tear other objects brought into contact with it.
▸ noun: A tooth projecting beyond the others; a broken or decayed tooth.
▸ noun: (figuratively) A problem or difficulty with something.
▸ noun: A pulled thread or yarn, as in cloth.
▸ noun: One of the secondary branches of an antler.
▸ verb: To catch or tear (e.g. fabric) upon a rough surface or projection.
▸ verb: 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.
▸ verb: (fishing) 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.
▸ verb: (slang, transitive) To obtain or pick up, especially in a quick or surreptitious way.
▸ verb: (UK, dialect) To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
▸ verb: (slang, Native American) To have noncommittal sexual relations.
▸ noun: (UK, dialect, obsolete) A light meal.
▸ noun: (Australia, informal, colloquial) A sausage.
▸ noun: (Australian rules football, slang) A goal.
▸ noun: A misnaged, an opponent to Chassidic Judaism (more likely modern, for cultural reasons).
▸ noun: (informal, uncommon) Acronym of sensitive new age guy.
▸ noun: Alternative letter-case form of snag (“sensitive new age guy”) [A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch.]
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▸ noun: A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch.
▸ noun: A dead tree that remains standing.
▸ noun: 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.
▸ noun: (by extension) Any sharp protuberant part of an object, which may catch, scratch, or tear other objects brought into contact with it.
▸ noun: A tooth projecting beyond the others; a broken or decayed tooth.
▸ noun: (figuratively) A problem or difficulty with something.
▸ noun: A pulled thread or yarn, as in cloth.
▸ noun: One of the secondary branches of an antler.
▸ verb: To catch or tear (e.g. fabric) upon a rough surface or projection.
▸ verb: 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.
▸ verb: (fishing) 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.
▸ verb: (slang, transitive) To obtain or pick up, especially in a quick or surreptitious way.
▸ verb: (UK, dialect) To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
▸ verb: (slang, Native American) To have noncommittal sexual relations.
▸ noun: (UK, dialect, obsolete) A light meal.
▸ noun: (Australia, informal, colloquial) A sausage.
▸ noun: (Australian rules football, slang) A goal.
▸ noun: A misnaged, an opponent to Chassidic Judaism (more likely modern, for cultural reasons).
▸ noun: (informal, uncommon) Acronym of sensitive new age guy.
▸ noun: Alternative letter-case form of snag (“sensitive new age guy”) [A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch.]
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