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Definition of Snag

1. Verb. Catch on a snag. "I snagged my stocking"

2. Noun. A sharp protuberance.

3. Verb. Get by acting quickly and smartly. "Snag a bargain"

4. 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"

5. Verb. Hew jaggedly.

6. Noun. An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart. "She had snags in her stockings"

7. Noun. An unforeseen obstacle.

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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