Definition of Snag

1. Noun. A sharp protuberance.


2. Verb. Catch on a snag. "I snagged my stocking"
Generic synonyms: Catch, Hitch

3. Noun. A dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest. "A snag can provide food and a habitat for insects and birds"
Generic synonyms: Tree

4. Verb. Get by acting quickly and smartly. "Snag a bargain"
Generic synonyms: Obtain

5. Noun. An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart. "She had snags in her stockings"
Exact synonyms: Rent, Rip, Split, Tear
Generic synonyms: Gap, Opening
Derivative terms: Rip, Split, Tear, Tear

6. Verb. Hew jaggedly.
Generic synonyms: Hew

7. Noun. An unforeseen obstacle.
Exact synonyms: Hang-up, Hitch, Rub
Generic synonyms: Obstacle, Obstruction

Definition of Snag

1. n. A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance.

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

Definition of Snag

1. Noun. A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance. ¹

2. Noun. A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a broken or decayed tooth. ¹

3. Noun. 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. ¹

4. Noun. One of the secondary branches of an antler. ¹

5. Noun. As in cloth, a pulled thread or yarn. ¹

6. Noun. (figuratively) A problem or difficulty with something. ¹

7. Noun. (Australia informal) A sausage. ¹

8. Noun. A misnaged, an opponent to Chassidic Judaism (more likely modern, for cultural reasons). ¹

9. Verb. To catch or tear (e.g. fabric) upon a rough surface or projection ¹

10. Verb. (context: fishing) 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 ¹

11. Verb. (slang) To obtain or pick up (something) ¹

12. Verb. (UK dialect) To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Snag

1. to catch on a snag (a jagged protuberance) [v SNAGGED, SNAGGING, SNAGS]

Medical Definition of Snag

1. 1. To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly. 2. To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree. 3. To catch on a snag5. 4. (Fig) To obtain by a quick action, as though by snagging3 something passing by; often used of an opportunistic or fortunate action. Origin: Snagged; Snagging. 1. A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance. "The coat of arms Now on a naked snag in triumph borne." (Dryden) 2. A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a broken or decayed tooth. 3. 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. 4. One of the secondary branches of an antler. Snag boat, a steamboat fitted with apparatus for removing snags and other obstructions in navigable streams. Snag tooth. Same as Snag. "How thy snag teeth stand orderly, Like stakes which strut by the water side." (J. Cotgrave) Origin: Prov. E, n, a lump on a tree where a branch has been cut off; v, to cut off the twigs and small branches from a tree, of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. Snaigh, snaidh, to cut down, to prune, to sharpen, p. P. Snaighte, snaidhte, cut off, lopped, Ir. Snaigh a hewing, cutting. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Snag

snacktimes
snacky
snacot
snaffle
snaffle bit
snaffle up
snaffled
snaffler
snafflers
snaffles
snaffling
snafu
snafued
snafuing
snafus
snag (current term)
snagged
snagger
snaggers
snaggier
snaggiest
snagging
snaggle
snaggle-toothed
snaggles
snaggleteeth
snaggletooth
snaggletoothed
snaggletooths
snaggling

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