rip vs snag

rip

verb
  • To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy, such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence. 

  • To mock or criticize (someone or something). (often used with on and into) 

  • To steal; to rip off. 

  • To fart. 

  • To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts. 

  • To surf extremely well. 

  • To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing. 

  • To take a "hit" of marijuana. 

  • To copy data from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc., to a hard drive, portable device, etc. 

  • To move or act fast; to rush headlong. 

  • To move quickly and destructively. 

  • To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain. 

noun
  • A kind of glissando leading up to the main note to be played. 

  • A type of strong, rough tide or current. 

  • Data or audio copied from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc. to a hard drive, portable device, etc. 

  • A handful of unthreshed grain. 

  • A comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action. 

  • A tear (in paper, etc.). 

  • A black mark given for substandard schoolwork. 

  • A hit (dose) of marijuana. 

  • Something ripped off or stolen; a work resulting from plagiarism. 

  • A wicker basket for fish. 

  • A rip current: a strong outflow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves. 

  • Something unfairly expensive, a rip-off. 

  • A joyride. 

snag

verb
  • To catch or tear (e.g. fabric) upon a rough surface or projection. 

  • To obtain or pick up. 

  • To damage or sink (a vessel) by collision; said of a tree or branch fixed to the bottom of a navigable body of water and partially submerged or rising to just beneath the surface. 

  • To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly. 

  • To fish by means of dragging a large hook or hooks on a line, intending to impale the body (rather than the mouth) of the target. 

noun
  • A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch. 

  • A sausage. 

  • A tooth projecting beyond the others; a broken or decayed tooth. 

  • A goal. 

  • A misnaged, an opponent to Chassidic Judaism (more likely modern, for cultural reasons). 

  • A problem or difficulty with something. 

  • A dead tree that remains standing. 

  • A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk. 

  • Any sharp protuberant part of an object, which may catch, scratch, or tear other objects brought into contact with it. 

  • A pulled thread or yarn, as in cloth. 

  • One of the secondary branches of an antler. 

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