Definition of "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.
A tooth projecting beyond the rest; 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.
A problem or difficulty with something.
A pulled thread or yarn, as in cloth.
One of the secondary branches of an antler.
A light meal.
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.
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.
To obtain or pick up (something).
To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
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