noun
- A sharp protuberance.
- A dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest.
- usage: "a snag can provide food and a habitat for insects and birds"
- An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart.
- usage: "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"
- An unforeseen obstacle.
verb
- Catch on a snag.
- usage: "I snagged my stocking"
- Get by acting quickly and smartly.
- usage: "snag a bargain"
- Hew jaggedly. .
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