Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Full of snags or knots; snaggy; knotty.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Full of snags; snaggy.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of snag.
  • adjective Full of snags; snaggy.

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Examples

  • Victims included businesses and professionals unlucky enough to have a keyword snagged in the system.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • LAS VEGAS (AP) Washington Capitals star forward Alex Ovechkin snagged the Hart Trophy as the NHL most valuable player for the second straight year on Thursday.

    Ovechkin honored with Hart Trophy as NHL's MVP 2009

  • The word snagged in his mind the way a twig on a current catches on a riverbank.

    The Hard War Child, Lee 2006

  • The word snagged in his mind the way a twig on a current catches on a riverbank.

    The Hard Way Child, Lee 2006

  • So I went straight to Toronto's pattern queen, Kingi Carpenter of downtown silk-screening shop Peach Berserk, to tart up some $15 leggings I snagged from the American Apparel outlet next door to her vibrant shop on Queen Street West.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Leanne Delap 2010

  • Carefully, you’d write down the numbers on a piece of scratch paper with a worn out half-sized pencil with no eraser you snagged from a little cardboard box on the librarian’s desk.

    What Are Keywords? « Lorelle on WordPress 2005

  • Your inner Jack Nicholson pounds around in circles in your head, swearing and shuddering, decrying your overuse of the word snagged and your repetitive and/or awkward sentence structure.

    where I work... runpunkrun 2008

  • They didn't make the lasting impact a team such as the Patriots has, but plenty of New York Jets fans would happily trade a dozen playoff appearances for one of the Super Bowl titles snagged by those teams.

    Miami's Short Fall 2007

  • The sword snagged, then pulled free of its sheath.

    The Reign of Istar Weis, Margaret 1992

  • Victorino tried to score from first on Chase Utley's two-out double off the right field wall in the third but he was cut down on a close play at the plate when catcher Iannetta's sweeping tag snagged his upper jersey before the sliding Victorino could touch the bag.

    The Seattle Times 2011

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