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Definition of Snag

1. Noun. A sharp protuberance.

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

3. 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"

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

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

6. Verb. Hew jaggedly.

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. 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)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Snag

snacks snack bar snack counter snack food snacot snaffle snaffled snaffles snaffle bit snaffling

snafu snafued snafuing snafus snag (current term) snag (current term) snagged snaggier snaggiest snagging

snaggleteeth snaggletooth snaggletoothed snaggy snaglike snags snail snail snail-flower snailed

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