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1. Catch or tear on a rough surface or projection
   "I snagged my stocking"
    
2. Get by acting quickly and smartly
   "snag a bargain"
    
3. Hew jaggedly

1. A sharp protuberance
    
2. [N. Amer] 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
   "she had snags in her stockings";
   - rip, rent, split, tear
    
4. An unforeseen obstacle
   - hang-up, hitch, rub
    
5. [Austral, NZ, informal] Pork sausage
   - banger [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: snagged, snagging, snags

Type of: bulge, bump, catch, excrescence, extrusion, gap, gibbosity, gibbousness, hew, hitch, hump, jut, obstacle, obstruction, obtain, opening, pork sausage, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling, tree

Encyclopedia: Snag, Yukon