snagged
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English
Definitions
verb
- To catch or tear (e.g. fabric) upon a rough surface or projection.“Be careful not to snag your stockings on that concrete bench!”
- 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.”
- 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.”
- To obtain or pick up (something).“Ella snagged a bottle of water from the fridge before leaving for her jog.”
adjective
- Full of snags; snaggy.