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snaggy

American  
[snag-ee] / ˈsnæg i /

adjective

snaggier, snaggiest
  1. having snags or sharp projections, as a tree.

  2. abounding in snags or obstructions, as a river.

  3. snaglike; projecting sharply or roughly.


snaggy British  
/ snæɡɪ /

adjective

  1. having sharp protuberances

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of snaggy

First recorded in 1575–85; snag + -y 1

Example Sentences

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It was carried through the dense, snaggy brush of the forest until the woods intersected a trail.

From New York Times May 21, 2012

A troupe of actors in snaggy bear costumes and moose outfits frolics through a wilderness of papier-mache rocks and trees painted on screens, while a chorus of owls and frogs makes deep-woods sounds.

From Time Magazine Archive

But into the possibilities of the African woman in the white education department I do not mean to go; I am getting into a snaggy channel by speaking on woman at all.

From West African studies by Mary Henrietta Kingsley

The eyes of the man met his own in a wild glare, while peal after peal of the horrible laughter hurtled from between the parchment-like lips that writhed back to expose the snaggy, gum-shrunken teeth.

From Connie Morgan in the Fur Country by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx

He wrenched off the tip between snaggy teeth.

From The Ramrodders A Novel by Holman Day

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