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curb
English
Alternative forms
- kerb (British) (noun, and verb senses 3, 4 and 5 only)
Etymology
From Middle French courbe (“curve, curved object”), from Latin curvus (“bent, crooked, curved”). Doublet of curve.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /k?b/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k??b/
- Rhymes: -??(?)b
- Homophone: kerb
Noun
curb (plural curbs)
- (American spelling, Canadian spelling) A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK, Australia, New Zealand)
- A raised margin along the edge of something, such as a well or the eye of a dome, as a strengthening.
- Something that checks or restrains; a restraint.
- 1641, John Denham, The Sophy
- Even by these Men, Religion, that should be / The Curb, is made the Spur to Tyranny.
- 1641, John Denham, The Sophy
- A riding or driving bit for a horse that has rein action which amplifies the pressure in the mouth by leverage advantage placing pressure on the poll via the crown piece of the bridle and chin groove via a curb chain.
- 1605, Michael Drayton, The Fourth Eclogue
- He that before ran in the pastures wild / Felt the stiff curb controul his angry jaws.
- 1605, Michael Drayton, The Fourth Eclogue
- (Canada, US) A sidewalk, covered or partially enclosed, bordering the airport terminal road system with adjacent paved areas to permit vehicles to off-load or load passengers.
- A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
curb (third-person singular simple present curbs, present participle curbing, simple past and past participle curbed)
- (transitive) To check, restrain or control.
- 1718, Matthew Prior, Solomon on the Vanity of the World
- Where pinching want must curb her warm desires.
- 1718, Matthew Prior, Solomon on the Vanity of the World
- (transitive) To rein in.
- (transitive) To furnish with a curb, as a well; to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
- (transitive, slang) Ellipsis of curb stomp.
- (transitive) To bring to a stop beside a curb.
- (transitive) To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb.
- (transitive) To bend or curve.
- 1603, Philemon Holland (translator), The Philosophie, commonly called, the Morals (originally by Plutarch)
- crooked and curbed lines
- 1603, Philemon Holland (translator), The Philosophie, commonly called, the Morals (originally by Plutarch)
- (intransitive) To crouch; to cringe.
Synonyms
- (check, restrain, control): behedge, curtail, limit; See also Thesaurus:curb
- (rein in):
- (furnish with a curb):
- (force to hit the curb): curb stomp
- (damage wheels on a curb):
- (bend or curve): bow, flex, incurvate; See also Thesaurus:bend
- (crouch or cringe): bend, fawn, stoop
Translations
Related terms
- curvaceous
- curvature
- curve
- curvy
Further reading
- curb in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- curb in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- curb at OneLook Dictionary Search
Romanian
Etymology
From French courbe.
Adjective
curb m or n (feminine singular curb?, masculine plural curbi, feminine and neuter plural curbe)
- curve
Declension
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snag
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?snæ?/
- Rhymes: -æ?
Etymology 1
Of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Old Norse snagi (“clothes peg”), perhaps ultimately from a derivative of Proto-Germanic *snakk-, *sn?gg, variations of *snakan? (“to crawl, creep, wind about”).
Compare Norwegian snag, snage (“protrusion; projecting point”), Icelandic snagi (“peg”). Also see Dutch snoek (“pike”).
Noun
snag (plural snags)
- A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch.
- Synonyms: knot, protuberance
- The coat of arms / Now on a naked snag in triumph borne.
- A dead tree that remains standing.
- 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.
- (by extension) Any sharp protuberant part of an object, which may catch, scratch, or tear other objects brought into contact with it.
- A tooth projecting beyond the others; a broken or decayed tooth.
- To see our women's teeth look white,
And ev'ry saucy ill - bred fellow
Sneers at a mouth profoundly yellow.
In China none hold women sweet,
Except their snags are black as jet# (figuratively) A problem or difficulty with something.
- To see our women's teeth look white,
- Synonym: hitch
- A pulled thread or yarn, as in cloth.
- One of the secondary branches of an antler.
- Synonyms: tine, point
Derived terms
- snaggy
- snaglike
Translations
Verb
snag (third-person singular simple present snags, present participle snagging, simple past and past participle snagged)
- To catch or tear (e.g. fabric) upon a rough surface or projection.
- 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.
- (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.
- (slang, transitive) To obtain or pick up.
- 2017, Off Track Planet's Travel Guide for the Young, Sexy, and Broke
- Tickets are cheaper the younger you are—snag a youth ticket (if you're twenty-five or under) for a 35 percent discount. If both you and your travel partner are twenty-six or older, the Small Group Saver will knock off 15 percent.
- 2017, Off Track Planet's Travel Guide for the Young, Sexy, and Broke
- (Britain, dialect) To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
- 1846, Sir Richard Levinge, "Echoes from the Backwoods", in The New Monthly Volume 76
- When felled and snagged, one end of the tree is placed upon a small sledge, and dragged out of the bush by oxen
- 1846, Sir Richard Levinge, "Echoes from the Backwoods", in The New Monthly Volume 76
Translations
Etymology 2
The Australian National Dictionary Centre suggests that snag as slang for "sausage" most likely derives from the earlier British slang for "light meal", although it makes no comment on how it came to be specifically applied to sausages.Meanings and origins of Australian words and idioms The word's use in football slang originates as a shortening of "sausage roll", rhyming slang for "goal", to sausage, and hence, by synonymy, snag.
Noun
snag (plural snags)
- (Britain, dialect, obsolete) A light meal.
- (Australia, informal, colloquial) A sausage. [From 1937.]
- Synonyms: (UK) banger, (NZ) snarler
- 2005, Peter Docker, Someone Else?s Country, 2010, ReadHowYouWant, page 116,
- I fire up the barbie and start cooking snags.
- 2007, Jim Ford, Don't Worry, Be Happy: Beijing to Bombay with a Backpack, page 196,
- ‘You can get the chooks and snags from the fridge if you want,’ he replied.
- I smiled, remembering my bewilderment upon receiving exactly the same command at my very first barbecue back in Sydney a month after I?d first arrived.
- 2010, Fiona Wallace, Sense and Celebrity, page 25,
- ‘Hungry? We?ve got plenty of roo,’ one of the men said as she walked up. He pointed with his spatula, ‘and pig snags, cow snags, beef and chicken.’
- (Australian rules football, slang) A goal.
- 2003, Greg Baum, "Silver anniversary of a goal achieved", The Age
- "It just kept coming down and I just kept putting them through the middle," he said. "I got an opportunity, and I kicked a few snags."
- 2003, Greg Baum, "Silver anniversary of a goal achieved", The Age
Translations
See also
- Appendix:Australian rhyming slang
- Appendix:Australian rules football slang
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
snag (plural snags)
- A misnaged, an opponent to Chassidic Judaism (more likely modern, for cultural reasons).
References
Anagrams
- AGNs, ANGs, GANs, GNAs, NSAG, gans, nags, sang
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?n??a?/
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
snag m (genitive singular snaga, nominative plural snaganna)
- a catch (hesitation in voice), gasp, sob
- a lull (period of rest)
Declension
Derived terms
- snagcheol (“jazz”)
Etymology 2
Probably related to Scottish Gaelic snag (“sharp knock”), also "wood-pecker."
Noun
snag m (genitive singular snaga, nominative plural snaganna)
- a treecreeper (bird of the family Certhiidae)
- Synonym: beangán
- goby (fish)
- Synonym: mac siobháin
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
Further reading
- "snag" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “snag” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “snag” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Related to snaidh (“hew, chip”), from Proto-Celtic *sknad, from Proto-Indo-European *k(?)end- or *k(?)enHd(?)-, see also Sanskrit ????? (kh?dati, “to chew, to bite”) and Persian ??????? (xâyidan, “to chew”).
Noun
snag f (genitive singular snaige, plural snagan)
- sharp knock (sound)
Derived terms
- snagan-daraich
Mutation
References
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