Definition:
				
				
				- (n.) A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance.
 
				
				- (n.) A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a broken or decayed tooth.
 
				
				- (n.) A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk.
 
				
				- (n.) One of the secondary branches of an antler.
 
				
				- (v. t.) To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
 
				
				- (v. t.) To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree.
 
				
				
			
			
			
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			sag vs. snag
			
			
			
			
			
			snag vs. stuck
			
			
			
			
			
			skag vs. snag
			
			
			
			
			
			snag vs. snug
			
			
			
			
			
			nag vs. snag
			
			
			
			
			
			snag vs. stag
			
			
			
			
			
			shag vs. snag
			
			
			
			
			
			slag vs. snag
			
			
			
			
			
			snag vs. snar
			
			
			
			
			
			snag vs. snig
			
			
			
			
			
			snag vs. snog
			
			
			
			
			
			sang vs. snag
			
			
			
			
			
			snag vs. stretch
			
			
			
			
			
			obstacle vs. snag
			
			
			
			
			
			flaw vs. snag
			
			
			
			
			
			hurdle vs. snag
			
			
			
			
			
			impediment vs. snag
			
			
			
			
			
			snag vs. sniggle
			
			
			
			
			
			snag vs. snub
			
			
			
			
			
			banger vs. snag
			
			
			
			
			
			hew vs. snag
			
			
			
			
			
			branch vs. snag
			
			
			
			
			
			obtain vs. snag
			
			
			
			
			
			impale vs. snag
			
			
			
			
			
			hook vs. snag
			
			
			
			
			
			line vs. snag
			
			
			
			
			
			fish vs. snag
			
			
			
			
			
			snag vs. tear
			
			
			
			
			
			snag vs. snaggy
			
			
			
			
			
			hitch vs. snag
			
			
			
			
			
			difficulty vs. snag
			
			
			
			
			
			problem vs. snag
			
			
			
			
			
			snag vs. tooth
			
			
			
			
			
			protuberance vs. snag
			
			
			
			
			
			knot vs. snag
			
			
			
			
			
			snag vs. stump
			
			
			
			
			
			catch vs. snag
			
			
			
			
			
			lose vs. snag
			
			
			
			
			
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