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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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nub
English
Etymology 1
Either directly from Middle Low German, or from knub, from a Middle Low German word (compare Low German Knubbel, Knobbel (“knot; lump”)). Compare knob.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n?b/
Noun
nub (plural nubs)
- (obsolete) The innermost section of a chrysalis in a silk cocoon.
- A small lump or knob.
- The essence or core of an issue, argument etc.
- Synonyms: crux, gist; see also Thesaurus:gist
- (slang) The clitoris.
- 2007, Melissa MacNeal, Hot for It, ?ISBN, page 198[1]:
- “ — and then rub her nub with the bridge of your nose, right where the nerve will drive her straight to the ceiling!”
- 2008, Arianna Hart, A Man for Marley, ?ISBN, page 82[2]:
- When he used his fingers to rub her nub, he didn't have to wait anymore. She exploded for the second time that morning,...
- 2010, Beverly Rae, Wild Cat, ?ISBN, page 81[3]:
- He stroked her, using her movements to increase the pressure on her nub, catching her between his fingers.
- 2007, Melissa MacNeal, Hot for It, ?ISBN, page 198[1]:
- (computing, colloquial) a pointing stick
Translations
Verb
nub (third-person singular simple present nubs, present participle nubbing, simple past and past participle nubbed)
- (baseball) To hit the ball weakly.
- To push; to nudge.
- To beckon.
Etymology 2
Variant spelling of noob.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nub/
Noun
nub (plural nubs)
- (Internet slang) A noob; a newcomer or incompetent.
Anagrams
- BUN, Bun, bun
Albanian
Etymology
From English noob, from newbie.
Noun
nub m
- (slang, chiefly Kosovo) newbie, amateur
Synonyms
- amator m, axhami m
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