Definition of snag Snag

/snæˈg/ - [snatg] - snag

We found 28 definitions of snag from 5 different sources.

What does snag mean?

Noun Plural: snags
snag - a sharp protuberance
		bulge, hump, gibbousness, gibbosity, extrusion, excrescence, jut, protrusion, protuberance, bump, prominence, swelling something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"
snag - a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest; "a snag can provide food and a habitat for insects and birds"
snag - an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"
		rip, rent, split, tear
		gap, opening a narrow opening; "he opened the window a crack"
snag - an unforeseen obstacle
		hang-up, hitch, rub
Verb snags, snagging, snagged
snag - hew jaggedly
		hew strike with an axe; cut down, strike; "hew an oak"
snag - catch on a snag; "I snagged my stocking"
		hitch, catch to hook or entangle; "One foot caught in the stirrup"
snag - get by acting quickly and smartly; "snag a bargain"
		obtain come into possession of; "How did you obtain the visa?"

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snag (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.
snag (Noun)
A tooth projecting beyond the rest; a broken or decayed tooth.
snag (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.
snag (Noun)
A problem or difficulty with something.
snag (Noun)
A pulled thread or yarn, as in cloth.
snag (Noun)
One of the secondary branches of an antler.
snag (Noun)
A light meal.
snag (Noun)
A misnaged, an opponent to Chassidic Judaism more likely modern, for cultural reasons.
snag (Verb)
To catch or tear e. g. fabric upon a rough surface or projection.
snag (Verb)
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.
snag (Verb)
To obtain or pick up something.
snag (Verb)
To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.

snag (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.
snag (n.)
A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a broken or decayed tooth.
snag (n.)
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.
snag (n.)
One of the secondary branches of an antler.
snag (v. t.)
To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
snag (v. t.)
To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree.

snag
snag, n. a sharp protuberance: a short branch: a projecting tooth or stump: a tree lying in the water so as to impede navigation—hence any stumbling-block or obstacle.—v.t. to catch on a snag: to entangle: to fill with snags, or to clear from such.—n. Snag′boat, a steamboat with appliances for removing snags.—adjs. Snag′ged, Snag′gy, full of snags. [Akin to Gael. and Ir. snaigh, to cut.]
snag
snag, v.t. to lop superfluous branches from a tree.—n. Snag′ger, the tool for this

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