Definitions
1.verbTo catch or tear (e.g. fabric) upon a rough surface or projection."Be careful not to snag your stockings on that concrete bench!"
2.verbTo 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."The steamboat was snagged on the Mississippi River in 1862."
3.verbTo 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."We snagged for spoonbill from the eastern shore of the Mississippi River."
4.verbTo obtain or pick up (something)."Ella snagged a bottle of water from the fridge before leaving for her jog."
5.verbTo stealthily steal with legerdemain prowess (something)."The smiling little girl snagged her phone while performing a dance; but now was far-off among the crowd."
6.verbTo cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
7.adjectiveFull of snags; snaggy.