snag

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

snag (snăg)n.
1. A rough, sharp, or jagged protuberance, as:
a. A tree or a part of a tree that protrudes above the surface in a body of water. Also called sawyer. See Regional Note at preacher.
b. A snaggletooth.
2. A break, pull, or tear in fabric.
3. An unforeseen or hidden obstacle. See Synonyms at obstacle.
4. A short or imperfectly developed branch of a deer's antler.v. snagged, snag·ging, snagsv. tr.
1. To tear, break, hinder, or destroy by or as if by a snag:
snagged a stocking on a splinter.
2. Informal. To catch unexpectedly and quickly:
snagged a bargain.
3. To free of snags:
snagged the river.
4. To catch (a fish), especially by hooking in a place other than its mouth.v. intr.
To be damaged by a snag:
His sweater snagged on a tree branch. [Of Scandinavian origin.] snagʹgy adj.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  hang-up, hitch, rub, rip, rent, split, tear