Snag
WordNet
noun
(1) An unforeseen obstacle
(2) An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
"There was a rip in his pants"
"She had snags in her stockings"
(3) A dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest
"A snag can provide food and a habitat for insects and birds"
(4) A sharp protuberance
verb
(5) Hew jaggedly
(6) Catch on a snag
"I snagged my stocking"
(7) Get by acting quickly and smartly
"Snag a bargain"
WiktionaryText
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.
- A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a broken or decayed tooth.
- 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.
- One of the secondary branches of an antler.
- As in cloth, a pulled thread or yarn.
- A problem or difficulty with something.
- A sausage.
- A misnaged, an opponent to Chassidic Judaism (more likely modern, for cultural reasons).
Verb
- To catch or tear (e.g. fabric) upon a rough surface or projection
- Be careful not to snag your stockings on that concrete bench!
- 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
- We snagged for spoonbill from the eastern shore of the Mississippi river.
- To pick up (something)
- Ella snagged a bottle of water from the fridge before leaving for her jog.