snagger

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
12
Letters
7

Definition of snagger

6 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A fishing hook consisting of several hooks radiating from a centre.
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noun

  1. A fishing hook consisting of several hooks radiating from a centre.
  2. A tool for lopping superfluous branches from a tree.
  3. (Australia)The slowest shearer in the shearing shed; an inexpert or poor shearer.
    “The `ringer' looks around and is beaten by a blow. And curses the old snagger with the blue-bellied Jo.”
  4. A person who works on a snag-boat clearing away obstacles in the river.
  5. (UK, dialectal)A turnip.
  6. (Ireland, UK)A person who reviews newly built properties to find issues to be remedied before the client buying the home moves in; someone who produces a snag list.
    “Snag List Steve is not a happy snagger. […] It's his job to ensure that new homes are finished properly for their buyers - his clients.”
    “We've gone from a small company in west Wales to the UK's number one snagger inspectors”
    “I was a snagger on the building site, where I was going around pointing out problems.”

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Etymology

From snag + -er.

Anagrams of snagger

4 plays · some not in Scrabble

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Words you can make from snagger

124 playable · top: GANGERS (9 pts)

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7-letter words

2 words

6-letter words

11 words

5-letter words

23 words

4-letter words

42 words

3-letter words

34 words

2-letter words

11 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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