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snag

  [snag] noun, verb, snagged, snag⋅ging.
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–noun
1. a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
2. a short, projecting stump, as of a branch broken or cut off.
3. any sharp or rough projection.
4. a jagged hole, tear, pull, or run in a fabric, as caused by catching on a sharp projection.
5. any obstacle or impediment.
6. a stump of a tooth or a projecting tooth; snaggletooth.
–verb (used with object)
7. to run or catch up on a snag.
8. to damage by so doing.
9. to obstruct or impede, as a snag does: He snagged all my efforts.
10. to grab; seize: to snag the last piece of pie.
–verb (used without object)
11. to become entangled with some obstacle or hindrance.
12. to become tangled: This line snags every time I cast.
13. (of a boat) to strike a snag.
14. to form a snag.
Origin:
1570–80; < ON snagi point, projection

Related forms:
snaglike, adjective
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snag   (snāg)   
n.  

  1. A rough, sharp, or jagged protuberance, as:

    1. A tree or a part of a tree that protrudes above the surface in a body of water. Also called sawyer. See Regional Note at preacher.

    2. A snaggletooth.

  2. A break, pull, or tear in fabric.

  3. An unforeseen or hidden obstacle. See Synonyms at obstacle.

  4. A short or imperfectly developed branch of a deer's antler.

v.   snagged, snag·ging, snags

v.   tr.

  1. To tear, break, hinder, or destroy by or as if by a snag: snagged a stocking on a splinter.

  2. Informal To catch unexpectedly and quickly: snagged a bargain.

  3. To free of snags: snagged the river.

  4. To catch (a fish), especially by hooking in a place other than its mouth.

v.   intr.
To be damaged by a snag: His sweater snagged on a tree branch.

[Of Scandinavian origin.]
snag'gy adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
snag

  1. n.
    a difficulty. : There's a little snag in our plan.
  2. n.
    an ugly (young) woman. : Who's the snag your brother is running around with?
  3. n.
    and SNAG. a Sensitive New-Age Guy. : There were only snags and bimbos at the rally, so I left.
  4. tv.
    to procure, grab, or steal something. : See if you can snag a couple of good seats while I get the popcorn.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

snag 
1577, "stump of a tree, branch," of Scand. origin, cf. O.N. snagi "clothes peg," snaga "a kind of ax." The meaning "sharp or jagged projection" is first recorded 1586; that of "obstacle, impediment" is 1829. The verb meaning "to be caught on an impediment" is attested from 1807, from the noun. Originally Amer.Eng., often of steamboats caught on branches and stumps lodged in riverbeds. The meaning "to catch, steal, pick up" is Amer.Eng. colloquial, attested from 1895. Snaggle-toothed "having crooked, projecting teeth" (1585) is from the same root.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

snag
bug

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Idioms & Phrases

snag

see hit a snag.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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