snags

  • (noun): A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch.
  • (noun): A dead tree that remains standing.
  • (noun): 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.
  • (noun): (by extension) Any sharp protuberant part of an object, which may catch, scratch, or tear other objects brought into contact with it.
  • (noun): A tooth projecting beyond the others; a broken or decayed tooth.
  • (noun): A problem or difficulty with something.
  • (noun): A pulled thread or yarn, as in cloth.
  • (noun): One of the secondary branches of an antler.
  • (verb): To catch or tear (e.g. fabric) upon a rough surface or projection.
  • (verb): To damage or sink (a vessel) by collision; said of a tree or branch fixed to the bottom of a navigable body of water and partially submerged or rising to just beneath the surface.
  • (verb): 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.
  • (verb): To obtain or pick up (something).
  • (verb): To stealthily steal with legerdemain prowess (something).
  • (verb): To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
  • (noun): A light meal.
  • (noun): A sausage.
  • (noun): A goal.
  • (noun): A misnaged, an opponent to Chassidic Judaism (more likely modern, for cultural reasons).
  • Be careful not to snag your stockings on that concrete bench!
  • The steamboat was snagged on the Mississippi River in 1862.
  • We snagged for spoonbill from the eastern shore of the Mississippi River.
  • Ella snagged a bottle of water from the fridge before leaving for her jog.
  • The smiling little girl snagged her phone while performing a dance; but now was far-off among the crowd.