Snagged

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Snag \Snag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snagged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Snagging}.]
     1. To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree;
        to hew roughly. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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     2. To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a
        snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree. [U. S.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Snagged \Snag"ged\, a.
     Full of snags; snaggy.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  snag
       n 1: a sharp protuberance
       2: 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; "there was a
          rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" [syn:
          {rip}, {rent}, {split}, {tear}]
       4: an unforeseen obstacle [syn: {hang-up}, {hitch}, {rub}]
       v 1: catch on a snag; "I snagged my stocking"
       2: get by acting quickly and smartly; "snag a bargain"
       3: hew jaggedly
       [also: {snagging}, {snagged}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  snagged
       See {snag}