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    [Noun]  | "snag" | \ ˈsnag \


    1: a concealed or unexpected difficulty or obstacle

    2: an irregularity that suggests the result of tearing; especially : a pulled thread in fabric

    3: a jagged tear made by or as if by catching on a snag


    Origin: circa 1587 ;

     Perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse snagi clothes peg;

    [Verb]  | "snag" 


    1: to catch and usually damage on or as if on a snag

    2: to halt or impede as if by catching on a snag

    3: to catch or obtain usually by quick action or good fortune


    Origin: 1807 ;

    [Idiom]  | "hit a snag" 


    1: to have a problem (with something)

    [Noun]  | "snag" 


    1: a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized;


      * e.g., " ... we ran into a slight snag the night before the show "



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    [Verb]  | "snag" 


    1: to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly;


      * e.g., " ... often late for work, I generally snag a bagel as I run out the door in the morning "



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    •  miss





     [ "snag" ]

    1: a native slag for a person you link up with from a powwow, and do sexual stuff, BUT YOU LEAVE THEM AFTER & IGNORE THEM!! So it’s basically a NATIVE one night stand

      * e.g.,  ... •damn she snagged all them boys 

     [ "snag" ]

    1: v. Native American slang for sex/hooking up; to win over for sex.

      * e.g.,  ... "Why don't you go snag with them girls over there?" 

     [ "snag" ]

    1: A snag is Australian snack often purchased at Bunnings, a hardware store. A snag is a sausage placed diagonally on a piece of buttered bread, which is then folded up creating a sort of taco-like shape.

      * e.g.,  ... Mum can we please get a bunnings snag?? 

     [ "snag" ]

    1: 1) v. to catch unexpectedly and quickly.

      * e.g.,  ... 1) check out this awesome Atari t-shirt I snagged on ebay! 


     [ "snag" ]

    2: 2) v. to steal.

      * e.g.,  ... 2) those sunglasses had been just laying there in lost and found for a month, so I snagged them. 

     [ "snag" ]

    1: To pilfer, take, or abscond with an item of any description. "To get" or "to take".

      * e.g.,  ... Damn I'm hon-gree! I gotsta snag me some grub, yo. 


     [ "snag" ]

    2: See also yoink and nab.

     [ "snag" ]

    1: verb; to go snagging, to go on the prowl, to look for attention from the opposite sex.

      * e.g.,  ... Oi stace, lets go snag tonight 

     [ "snag" ]

    1: "Sensitive new-age guy"

      * e.g.,  ... You kow Joe, he is a real snag. 

     [ "snag" ]

    1: a girl that is very big skank or a bitch

      * e.g.,  ... Ashlyn: You see that girl over there, she slept with 3 different guys at that party last night. 

     [ "snag" ]

    1: Short for misnagid, an opponent to Hasidism. Someone who is a religious Jew but still doesn't appreciate the Hasidic perspective.

      * e.g.,  ... I can't believe that he doesn't like Matisyahu! He is such a snag! 

     [ "snag" ]

    1: an expression from the sixties and seventies used to describe what is known as today, "epic fail".

      * e.g.,  ... Peter: Haha, what happened to your shirt? 


     [ "snag" ]

    2: Usually if someone does incredibly stupid it can be used as an interjection and when you say, "snag" you must make an O.K. sign with your fingers and hold it out, away from your body, rather than up.

      * e.g.,  ... Bill: i was in the park today and i was eating an ice pop, when it fell off the stick and onto my shirt. 


     [ "snag" ]

    3: The "a" is pronounced long.

      * e.g.,  ... Peter: Snag, man! 

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