snag

nouncomplication in situation
verbcatch on something

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noun complication in situation

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Word Origin & History

1570s, "stump of a tree, branch," of Scandinavian origin, cf. Old Norse snagi "clothes peg," snaga "a kind of ax," snag-hyrndr "snag-cornered, with sharp points." The ground sense seems to be "a sharp protuberance." The meaning "sharp or jagged projection" is first recorded 1580s; especially "tree or branch in water and partly near the surface, so as to be dangerous to navigation" (1807). The figurative meaning "obstacle, impediment" is from 1829.

Example Sentences for snag

We also paused to look at the body of a dead alligator which had been caught in a snag.

Then I had to look at the river mighty quick, because there was a snag in the fairway.

If we'd struck a snag that would have held the tree, it would have been 'good-night' for us.

The only snag in the latter theory was the fact of our accident.

They were always to be seen lying on a log or snag in the water.

The line clung to a snag and then gave way; the tackle was missing.

He can get around all right, but he can't get far, and there is no rope to snag him.

Well, you ran against a snag that time, Mr. Sanguinary Stingaree!

You can make it up by helpin' me when I run against a snag, in my studies.

But I strike a snag there, for Alsina has not been so boneless as I anticipated.

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