All snag synonyms
snag
S s verb snag
- gaff β harsh treatment or criticism: All the gaff he took never made him bitter.
- copping β the winding of yarn into a cap from a cone, bobbin, etc.
- latch onto β a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- make it big β If you make it big, you become successful or famous.
- brazes β to unite (metal objects) at high temperatures by applying any of various nonferrous solders.
- lead on β to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
- accessed β the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files.
- glueing β Present participle of glue; obsolete spelling of gluing.
- gobble up β to swallow or eat hastily or hungrily in large pieces; gulp.
- hold on β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- get hold of β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- make use of β to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- come into β If someone comes into some money, some property, or a title, they inherit it.
- intertangle β (transitive) To entangle; to intertwine.
- boxed in β simple past tense and past participle of box in.
- gaffed β an iron hook with a handle for landing large fish.
- get there β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- make a killing β If you make a killing, you make a large profit very quickly and easily.
- lassoed β a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- lassoing β a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- complicate β To complicate something means to make it more difficult to understand or deal with.
- get one's hands on β (Idiomatic) To get; to obtain; to secure.
- make waves β a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
noun snag
- hindrance β an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- minuses β less by the subtraction of; decreased by: Ten minus six is four.
- gnarl β a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- knurl β a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- blank wall β an impassable barricade or obstacle; a situation in which further progress is impossible: Attempts to get information by questioning the neighbors ran into a blank wall.
- holdup β a forcible stopping and robbing of a person.
- lentigines β a freckle or other pigmented spot.
- blackhead β Blackheads are small, dark spots on someone's skin caused by blocked pores.
- grinder β a person or thing that grinds.
- knot β either of two large sandpipers, Calidris canutus or C. tenuirostris, that breed in the Arctic and winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
- infarct β a localized area of tissue, as in the heart or kidney, that is dying or dead, having been deprived of its blood supply because of an obstruction by embolism or thrombosis.
- helix β a spiral.
- dentile β (zoology) A small tooth, like that of a saw.
- nodule β a small node, knot, or knob.
- infarction β the formation of an infarct.
- bicuspid β having or terminating in two cusps or points
- lentigo β a freckle or other pigmented spot.
- eyetooth β A canine tooth, especially one in the upper jaw.
- impedance β Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
- cicatrix β the tissue that forms in a wound during healing; scar
- drawback β a hindrance or disadvantage; an undesirable or objectionable feature.
- knob β a projecting part, usually rounded, forming the handle of a door, drawer, or the like.
- maculation β the act of spotting.
- hurdle β a portable barrier over which contestants must leap in certain running races, usually a wooden frame with a hinged inner frame that swings down under impact to prevent injury to a runner who does not clear it.
- complication β A complication is a problem or difficulty that makes a situation harder to deal with.
- limitation β a limiting condition; restrictive weakness; lack of capacity; inability or handicap: He knows his limitations as a writer.
- catch β If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.