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snagged

The correct spelling is snagged.

How to pronounce snagged

verb

Say it like: Sna-gje-d

The correct spelling is snagged. To catch or tear (e.g. fabric) upon a rough surface or projection. For example: "Be careful not to snag your stockings on that concrete bench!"

Usage Examples

Be careful not to snag your stockings on that concrete bench!

The steamboat was snagged on the Mississippi River in 1862.

We snagged for spoonbill from the eastern shore of the Mississippi River.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To catch or tear (e.g. fabric) upon a rough surface or projection.
  2. 2.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.
  3. 3.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.
  4. 4.To obtain or pick up (something).
  5. 5.To stealthily steal with legerdemain prowess (something).

adjective

  1. 1.Full of snags; snaggy.

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