n.
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form: snagged ; snag · ging
Date: 1807
1 a : to catch and usually damage on or as if on a snag b : to halt or impede as if by catching on a snag
2 : to hew, trim, or cut roughly or jaggedly
3 : to clear (as a river) of snags
4 : to catch or obtain usually by quick action or good fortune