snag

snag  (sng)

n.

1. A rough, sharp, or jagged protuberance, as:

a. A tree or a part of a tree that protrudes above the surface in a body of water. Also called sawyer. See Regional Note at preacher.

b. A snaggletooth.

2. A break, pull, or tear in fabric.

3. An unforeseen or hidden obstacle. See Synonyms at obstacle.

4. A short or imperfectly developed branch of a deer's antler.

v. snagged, snag·ging, snags

v.tr.

1. To tear, break, hinder, or destroy by or as if by a snag: snagged a stocking on a splinter.

2. Informal To catch unexpectedly and quickly: snagged a bargain.

3. To free of snags: snagged the river.

4. To catch (a fish), especially by hooking in a place other than its mouth.

v.intr.

To be damaged by a snag: His sweater snagged on a tree branch.

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[Of Scandinavian origin.]

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snaggy adj.

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snag

Noun

1. a small problem or difficulty: one possible snag in his plans

2. a sharp projecting point that may catch on things

3. a small hole in a fabric caused by a sharp object

4. a tree stump in a river bed that is a danger to navigation

Verb

[snagging, snagged]

to tear or catch on a snag [Scandinavian]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	snag - a sharp protuberance excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, bulge, protrusion, protuberance, swelling, bump, prominence - something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"
	2.	snag - a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest; "a snag can provide food and a habitat for insects and birds" tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
	3.	snag - an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" rent, rip, tear, split opening, gap - an open or empty space in or between things; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall"
	4.	snag - an unforeseen obstacle rub, hang-up, hitch obstacle, obstruction - something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted; "lack of imagination is an obstacle to one's advancement"; "the poverty of a district is an obstacle to good education"; "the filibuster was a major obstruction to the success of their plan"
Verb	1.	snag - catch on a snag; "I snagged my stocking" hitch, catch - to hook or entangle; "One foot caught in the stirrup"
	2.	snag - get by acting quickly and smartly; "snag a bargain" obtain - come into possession of; "How did you obtain the visa?"
	3.	snag - hew jaggedly hew - strike with an axe; cut down, strike; "hew an oak"

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snag

noun 1. difficulty, hitch, problem, obstacle, catch, hazard, disadvantage, complication, drawback, inconvenience, downside, stumbling block, the rub

verb 2. catch, tear, rip, hole

Translations

snag [snæg] n → problema m;

to run into or hit a snag → encontrar inconvenientes, dar con un obstáculo

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snag [snæg] n → inconvénient m, difficulté f

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snag [snæg] n → Haken m, Schwierigkeit f

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snag [snæg] n → intoppo, ostacolo imprevisto