SNAG

hitch, hang-up, rub, snag

(noun) an unforeseen obstacle

rip, rent, snag, split, tear

(noun) an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; “there was a rip in his pants”; “she had snags in her stockings”

snag

(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”

snag

(noun) a sharp protuberance

snag

(verb) hew jaggedly

snag

(verb) catch on a snag; “I snagged my stocking”

snag

(verb) get by acting quickly and smartly; “snag a bargain”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

snag (plural snags)

A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch.

Synonyms: knot, protuberance

A dead tree that remains standing.

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.

(by extension) Any sharp protuberant part of an object, which may catch, scratch, or tear other objects brought into contact with it.

A tooth projecting beyond the others; a broken or decayed tooth.

(figuratively) A problem or difficulty with something.

Synonym: hitch

A pulled thread or yarn, as in cloth.

One of the secondary branches of an antler.

Synonyms: tine, point

Verb

snag (third-person singular simple present snags, present participle snagging, simple past and past participle snagged)

To catch or tear (e.g. fabric) upon a rough surface or projection.

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.

(fishing) 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.

(slang) To obtain or pick up (something).

(slang) To stealthily steal with legerdemain prowess (something).

(UK, dialect) To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.

Etymology 2

Noun

snag (plural snags)

(UK, dialect, obsolete) A light meal.

(Australia, informal, colloquial) A sausage. [From 1937.]

Synonyms: banger (UK), snarler (NZ)

(Australian rules football, slang) A goal.

Etymology 3

Noun

snag (plural snags)

A misnaged, an opponent to Chassidic Judaism (more likely modern, for cultural reasons).

Anagrams

• AGNs, ANGs, GANs, GNAs, NSAG, gans, nags, sang

Source: Wiktionary

Snag, n. Etym: [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.]

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. Prior.

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. (Zoöl.)

Definition: One of the secondary branches of an antler. Snag boat, a steamboat fitted with apparatus for removing snags and other obstructions in navigable streams. [U.S.] -- Snag tooth. Same as Snag, 2. How thy snag teeth stand orderly, Like stakes which strut by the water side. J. Cotgrave.

Snag, v. t. [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.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

SNAG

Etymology 1

Noun

Verb

Etymology 2

Noun

Etymology 3

Noun

Anagrams

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