Snag (disambiguation)

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Australian "snags" cooking on a campfire
Australian "snags" cooking on a campfire

The word snag has several meanings:

  • A dead tree.
  • In the world of fishing, a snag can refer to two things, (1) when a lure or hook is caught on an object, often resulting in the loss of the hook or lure, or (2) sunken trees, which are important habitats for fish and often a focal point for fishing activities.
  • In Australia and New Zealand, a snag is a link sausage, a snarler, a British banger, a brat or a sausage.
  • In the U.K., the term snag is used by builders to refer to items still requiring completion in the making-good stage (the final checking and finishing phase) of a building project.
  • Snag is the name of a town in the Yukon, Canada
  • SNAG is the acronym of the Society of North American Goldsmiths
  • SNAG is an acronym for a "Sensitive New-Age Guy."
  • Snag can be short for "Misnaged," pl. Misnagdim - referencing a large group of Eastern European Jews in the 18th century who were extremely opposed to the Baal Shem Tov's (1698 – 1760) teaching of Chassidus.
  • Snag - also known as a nasty woman
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