Definition of Snagging

1. Verb. (present participle of to snag) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Snagging

1. snag [v] - See also: snag

Lexicographical Neighbors of Snagging

snaffled
snaffler
snafflers
snaffles
snaffling
snafu
snafued
snafuing
snafus
snag
snagged
snagger
snaggers
snaggier
snaggiest
snagging (current term)
snaggle
snaggle-toothed
snaggles
snaggleteeth
snaggletooth
snaggletoothed
snaggletooths
snaggling
snaggy
snaglike
snags
snail
snail's pace
snail-flower

Literary usage of Snagging

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Improvement of Rivers: A Treatise on the Methods Employed for Improving by Benjamin Franklin Thomas, David Alexander Watt (1913)
"Cost of snagging.—The cost of snagging a river varies within wide limits, being usually the highest on small streams. Banks on which many trees have to be ..."

2. The Improvement of Rivers: A Treatise on the Methods Employed for Improving by Benjamin Franklin Thomas, David Alexander Watt (1903)
"snagging.—In order to make navigation safe it is frequently necessary to remove such ... This work is known as "snagging." Nearly all navigable rivers of ..."

3. The Fruit Grower's Instructor: Or, A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation by George Miles White (1825)
"... of wood at the top of the stock, commonly called snagging, but this must be carefully done. snagging OF GRAFTS. Par. 6.—When you commence this work, ..."

4. Report on the River and Harbor Bill by the Committee on Commerce, United by Knute Nelson, Francis Griffith Newlands, Theodore Elijah Burton (1910)
"The amount estimated for expenditure in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1911, is intended for dredging and snagging operations and maintenance of ..."

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