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Nobody has ever denied that when it comes to his trade - gigolo - John Forbes Kerry is one of the all-time greats. He's in the Gigolo Hall of Fame. See, a really good gigolo might snag one heiress in a lifetime with a nine-figure trust fund. Kerry has married two. When it comes to gigolos, he's Steve Jobs.
Howie Carr

Meaning of "snag" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SNAG

Of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse snaghyrndr sharp-pointed, Norwegian snage spike, Icelandic snagi peg.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SNAG

snag  [snæɡ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SNAG

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Snag is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb snag in English.

WHAT DOES SNAG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of snag in the English dictionary

The first definition of snag in the dictionary is a difficulty or disadvantage. Other definition of snag is a sharp protuberance, such as a tree stump. Snag is also a small loop or hole in a fabric caused by a sharp object.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SNAG

PRESENT

Present
I snag
you snag
he/she/it snags
we snag
you snag
they snag
Present continuous
I am snagging
you are snagging
he/she/it is snagging
we are snagging
you are snagging
they are snagging
Present perfect
I have snagged
you have snagged
he/she/it has snagged
we have snagged
you have snagged
they have snagged
Present perfect continuous
I have been snagging
you have been snagging
he/she/it has been snagging
we have been snagging
you have been snagging
they have been snagging
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I snagged
you snagged
he/she/it snagged
we snagged
you snagged
they snagged
Past continuous
I was snagging
you were snagging
he/she/it was snagging
we were snagging
you were snagging
they were snagging
Past perfect
I had snagged
you had snagged
he/she/it had snagged
we had snagged
you had snagged
they had snagged
Past perfect continuous
I had been snagging
you had been snagging
he/she/it had been snagging
we had been snagging
you had been snagging
they had been snagging
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will snag
you will snag
he/she/it will snag
we will snag
you will snag
they will snag
Future continuous
I will be snagging
you will be snagging
he/she/it will be snagging
we will be snagging
you will be snagging
they will be snagging
Future perfect
I will have snagged
you will have snagged
he/she/it will have snagged
we will have snagged
you will have snagged
they will have snagged
Future perfect continuous
I will have been snagging
you will have been snagging
he/she/it will have been snagging
we will have been snagging
you will have been snagging
they will have been snagging
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would snag
you would snag
he/she/it would snag
we would snag
you would snag
they would snag
Conditional continuous
I would be snagging
you would be snagging
he/she/it would be snagging
we would be snagging
you would be snagging
they would be snagging
Conditional perfect
I would have snag
you would have snag
he/she/it would have snag
we would have snag
you would have snag
they would have snag
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been snagging
you would have been snagging
he/she/it would have been snagging
we would have been snagging
you would have been snagging
they would have been snagging
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you snag
we let´s snag
you snag
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to snag
Past participle
snagged
Present Participle
snagging
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SNAG


knag
næɡ
nag
næɡ
padnag
ˈpædˌnæɡ
tonnag
ˈtəʊnæɡ
tutenag
ˈtjuːtɪˌnæɡ
unsnag
ʌnˈsnæɡ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SNAG

snack
snack bar
snacker
snackette
snaffle
snaffle bit
snafu
snagged
snaggier
snaggiest
snagging
snaggleteeth
snaggletooth
snaggletoothed
snaggy
snaglike
snags
snail
snail cam
snail mail

WORDS THAT END LIKE SNAG

ag
airbag
bag
bean bag
carry-on bag
dag
drag
flag
gag
handbag
hashtag
jag
lag
mag
rag
swag
tag
the Red Flag
vag
wag

Synonyms and antonyms of snag in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SNAG»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «snag» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of snag

Translation of «snag» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SNAG

Find out the translation of snag to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of snag from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «snag» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

小问题
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

problema
570 millions of speakers

English

snag
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रोड़ा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بعقبة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

загвоздка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dificuldade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অপ্রত্যাশিত বাধা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

problème
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Snag
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Haken
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

障害
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

예상밖의 문제
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Snag
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

đụng đá ngầm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கஷ்டம் தீர்ந்தது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अडथळा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

engel
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

intoppo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szkopuł
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

заковика
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

buturugă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

snag
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

haakplek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kruxet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ulempe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of snag

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SNAG»

The term «snag» is quite widely used and occupies the 24.052 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SNAG» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «snag» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «snag» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about snag

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2 QUOTES WITH «SNAG»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word snag.
1
Howie Carr
Nobody has ever denied that when it comes to his trade - gigolo - John Forbes Kerry is one of the all-time greats. He's in the Gigolo Hall of Fame. See, a really good gigolo might snag one heiress in a lifetime with a nine-figure trust fund. Kerry has married two. When it comes to gigolos, he's Steve Jobs.
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Adora Svitak
The current concept of prom just seems so empty. Teenagers get dressed up to go to a dance at a fancy location. It encourages social inclusion or exclusion based on your ability or inability to snag a date.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SNAG»

Discover the use of snag in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to snag and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Characterization of SNAG-zinc Finger Protein (ZFP) ...
Transcriptional regulation is an important area of research due to the fact that it leads to gene expression.
Cindy Chung-Yue Chiang, 2009
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Snag: The Sensitive New-Age Gladiator
Novel for early primary school-age readers in the Aussie bites series. Snag the gladiator is thin and weedy and faints at the sight of blood. Sent to gladiator school to correct the problem, he faces two unhappy options: fight or die.
Margaret Clark, 2001
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Stop This Man He's Thinking : Snag Factory Diaries: Down The ...
Snag Factory Diary” A place to put stuff and write it down some place begets the question.Why did nt I wroten that instead of Writen that. The point is I question the way we look at things in the clinch as Science has shown us that not everything ...
Jeffrey Grauer, 2013
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Chapter introductory. Merry the miner. Tale of a snag. My ...
hawful one; and, as 1 heard afterwards, quite true: 'twas of a steamer that was snagged up in the Earthquake Country, somewhere near where we then were; ' twas night, the mate had just gone into the forecastle to turn in, when the snag — a ...
Robert Montgomery Bird, 1838
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Spare that snag
Snags and the wildlife that utilize them each play one or more roles in the "life cycle" Often the process which creates the snag, such as death-dealing insect attacks, provide food for the wildlife species that eventually utilize the snag for a home ...
United States. Forest Service. Intermountain Region, 1979
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Spare that snag
The. Cycle. of. Life. Each thing in nature has its place and part to play in the ever changing cycle of life and death. Snags and the wildlife that utilize them each play one or more roles in the "life cycle." Often the process which creates the snag, ...
United States. Forest Service. Pacific Northwest Region, 1980
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Steamboats on the Western Rivers: An Economic and ...
After scarcely more than a year in ofiice Shreve was ready with plans for a steam snag boat; a year later the Heliopolir, first in a long line of snag boats, was under construction, and in 1829 it went into its first season of operation. The snag boat ...
Louis C. Hunter, 2012
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Davy Crockett and the Great Mississippi Snag
Well, when Davy heard about ol' Snag, he was stormin' mad. “Somethin's gotta be done,” he said. “That sly Snag has sunk more boats than old grandaddy Neptune. I don't reckon anyone but me can take on Snag.” Davy boarded the next rig ...
Cari Meister, 2014
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DeBow's Review ...: Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial ...
Arkansas R. Grampus snag.. — .. - Hatchie R. Alton snag., total.. - .. Missouri R. Glencoe explo. total.. 50.. St. Louis Redstone explo.. total.. 40.. Ohio Saluda explo.. total.. 100. Missouri Robt. Rogers. ..collis'n. . — .. - . . Cumb'rland Col.
James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, 1853
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De Bow's Review: Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial ...
The Courier is not certain that the list is complete, but has compiled it from the best sources at its command. Amount Names, and howlost. insured Lives Where nndlost. lost. lolt. Jewess.... ..snagged.. 2,751.. — ..St. Louis Dunkirk .. ..snag.
James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, 1853

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SNAG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term snag is used in the context of the following news items.
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Technical Snag Leaves Mumbai Metro Commuters Stranded During …
Technical Snag Leaves Mumbai Metro Commuters Stranded During Peak Hour ... The technical snag has caused commuters a lot of problem and passengers ... «NDTV, Jul 15»
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Snag in Delhi Metro leaves 2000 passengers stuck for 2 hours
Passengers cross metro tracks after services were disrupted when a Blue Line train developed a technical snag. (HT Photo) ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
3
Mumbai air traffic control system snag delays flights
''The snag developed at 5.20am. The radars are functioning, but there is a problem with the software which has forced us to use the backup system,'' said Jayant ... «Times of India, Jun 15»
4
Chinese billionaire's plane makes emergency landing in Tripura
"The Gulfstream-5 aircraft made an emergency landing around 9:30am after the pilot reported a snag in the engine and took permission from the Agartala ATC," ... «Hindustan Times, Jun 15»
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Recall effort targeting Ferguson's mayor hits snag; city hires new …
LOUIS (AP) - The push to oust Ferguson's mayor has hit a snag after a group pressing for the recall failed to gather enough valid signatures. Eric Fey of the St. «KMOV.com, Jun 15»
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Mumbai: Technical snag delays Central Railway train services
Mumbai: Technical snag delays Central Railway train services Central Railway trains were affected after a technical snag at Thane. Pic/Nikhil Kajale. «Mid-Day, May 15»
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Power generation in KNPP's first unit suspended due to snag
However, repair work has commenced to rectify the snag, which was detected yesterday and it would be set right in one or two days, they said. Work on ... «Hindu Business Line, May 15»
8
Budget negotiations hit snag in Washington Legislature
(AP) — With less than two weeks left in the legislative session, budget negotiations between House Democrats and Senate Republicans have hit a snag. «Q13 FOX, Apr 15»
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Push to raise Kansas City's minimum wage to $15 hits snag
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A push by religious and civil rights leaders to raise Kansas City's minimum wage to $15 by 2020 hits a snag when the city's attorney says ... «Topeka Capital Journal, Apr 15»
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Singapura Finance SNAG Swim C'ships: Zachary Tan breaks two …
Singapura Finance SNAG Swim C'ships: Zachary Tan breaks two records, including an 8-year-old Joseph Schooling mark. 2. By Les Tan on March 14, 2015 ... «Red Sports, Mar 15»

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