SNAG

I. noun Etymology: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse ~i clothes peg Date: circa 1587 1. a tree or branch embedded in a lake or stream bed and constituting a hazard to navigation, a standing dead tree, a rough sharp or jagged projecting part ; protuberance : as, a projecting tooth, one of the secondary branches of an antler, a concealed or unexpected difficulty or obstacle, 4. a jagged tear made by or as if by catching on a ~, an irregularity that suggests the result of tearing, ~gy adjective II. transitive verb (~ged; ~ging) Date: 1807 1. to catch and usually damage on or as if on a ~, to halt or impede as if by catching on a ~, to hew, trim, or cut roughly or jaggedly, to clear (as a river) of ~s, to catch or obtain usually by quick action or good fortune