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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
snag . - adjective Full of snags;
snaggy .
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Examples
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Victims included businesses and professionals unlucky enough to have a keyword snagged in the system.
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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.
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The word snagged in his mind the way a twig on a current catches on a riverbank.
The Hard War Child, Lee 2006
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The word snagged in his mind the way a twig on a current catches on a riverbank.
The Hard Way Child, Lee 2006
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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The sword snagged, then pulled free of its sheath.
The Reign of Istar Weis, Margaret 1992
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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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