 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
snag
noun
1: a sharp protuberance
2: a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an
undisturbed forest; "a snag can provide food and a habitat
for insects and birds"
3: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a
rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" [syn:
{rip}, {rent}, {split}, {tear}]
4: an unforeseen obstacle [syn: {hang-up}, {hitch}, {rub}]
verb
1: catch on a snag; "I snagged my stocking"
2: get by acting quickly and smartly; "snag a bargain"
3: hew jaggedly
[also: {snagging}, {snagged}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
snagging
See {snag}
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Snag \Snag\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Snagged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Snagging}.]
1. To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree;
to hew roughly. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
2. To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a
snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree. [U. S.]
3. To catch on a snag [5]
4. (Fig.) To obtain by a quick action, as though by snagging
[3] something passing by; -- often used of an
opportunistic or fortunate action.
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