snag

noun

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

   “The coat of arms / Now on a naked snag in triumph borne.”

2. A dead tree that remains standing.
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.

   “‘A’most used-up I am, I do declare!’ she observed. ‘The jolting in the cars is pretty nigh as bad as if the rail was full of snags and sawyers.’”

   “[…]I watched for sunken stones; I was learning to clap my teeth smartly before my heart flew out, when I shaved by a fluke some infernal sly old snag that would have ripped the life out of the tin-pot steamboat and drowned all the pilgrims;[…]”

4. (broadly)Any sharp protuberant part of an object, which may catch, scratch, or tear other objects brought into contact with it.
5. A tooth projecting beyond the others; a broken or decayed tooth.

   “To ſee our Women's Teeth look white. / And ev'ry ſaucy ill-bred Fellow / Sneers at a Mouth profoundly yellow. / In China none hold Women ſweet, / Except their Snags are black as jett.”

6. (figuratively)A problem or difficulty with something.

   “we hit a snag”

   “The snag in this business of falling in love, aged relative, is that the parties of the first part so often get mixed up with the wrong parties of the second part, robbed of their cooler judgment by the parties of the second part's glamour.”

   “Scarcity of outstanding content viewed as snag for unproved and highly priced Vision Pro device[.]”

7. A pulled thread or yarn, as in cloth; a tear.
8. One of the secondary branches of an antler.
9. (UK, dialectal, obsolete)A light meal.
10. (Australia, colloquial, informal)A sausage.

    “I fire up the barbie and start cooking snags.”

    “‘You can get the chooks and snags from the fridge if you want,’ he replied. I smiled, remembering my bewilderment upon receiving exactly the same command at my very first barbecue back in Sydney a month after I′d first arrived.”

    “‘Hungry? We′ve got plenty of roo,’ one of the men said as she walked up. He pointed with his spatula, ‘and pig snags, cow snags, beef and chicken.’”

11. (slang)A goal.

    “2003, Greg Baum, "Silver anniversary of a goal achieved", The Age "It just kept coming down and I just kept putting them through the middle," he said. "I got an opportunity, and I kicked a few snags."”

12. A misnaged, an opponent to Chassidic Judaism (more likely modern, for cultural reasons).
13. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, informal, uncommon)Acronym of sensitive new age guy.

    “Over time, the ‘sensitive’ aspect of the SNAG has become paramount.”

    “Mediadates offers handy tips for online dating virgins and a list of popular abbreviations used in website chatrooms. So you can tell a shag from a "Snag" - sensitive new age guy.”

    “Naturally, the Frat Boy and the Toadmeister decided to hold a contest to see who could “drop the hammer” with Pippi first. Chris’s strategy was to pretend to be a “snag” (Sensitive New Age Guy) in the hope of appealing to her alternative side.”

14. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of snag (“sensitive new age guy”).

verb

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

   “Be careful not to snag your stockings on that concrete bench!”

2. 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.

   “The steamboat was snagged on the Mississippi River in 1862.”

3. 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.

   “We snagged for spoonbill from the eastern shore of the Mississippi River.”

4. (slang, transitive)To obtain or pick up, especially in a quick or surreptitious way.

   “Ella snagged a bottle of water from the fridge before leaving for her jog.”

   “Tickets are cheaper the younger you are—snag a youth ticket (if you're twenty-five or under) for a 35 percent discount. If both you and your travel partner are twenty-six or older, the Small Group Saver will knock off 15 percent.”

   “Your upcoming Instagram beach photos are begging you to snag this bright orange maxi. BEGGING. Like, oof! Do you see that high slit? 10/10. No notes.”

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

   “When felled and snagged, one end of the tree is placed upon a small sledge, and dragged out of the bush by oxen”

6. (slang)To have noncommittal sexual relations.

   “Shit, I remember when you were just rugged, bro. Snagging around and tepee-creeping at the stomp dance.”