Word Meaning

Meaning of snag

- A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance.
- A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a broken or decayed tooth.
- 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.
- One of the secondary branches of an antler.
- To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
- To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree.

Crossword clue for snag

- Catch
- Catch (stocking)
- Difficulty
- Difficulty or disadvantage
- Difficulty, disadvantage
- Drawback
- Hidden obstacle
- Hindrance to progress
- Hitch
- Hitch in the latest news on plea bargaining
- Minor hitch
- Sausage
- Sausage (col)
- Small problem or difficulty
- Snare, net and grab to start with
- Stocking run
- Unexpected obstacle or drawback
- Unforeseen obstacle