snag

IPA: snˈæg

A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch.
A dead tree that remains standing.
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.
(by extension) Any sharp protuberant part of an object, which may catch, scratch, or tear other objects brought into contact with it.
A tooth projecting beyond the others; a broken or decayed tooth.
(figuratively) A problem or difficulty with something.
A pulled thread or yarn, as in cloth.
One of the secondary branches of an antler.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A light meal.
(Australia, informal, colloquial) A sausage.
(Australian rules football, slang) A goal.
A misnaged, an opponent to Chassidic Judaism (more likely modern, for cultural reasons).
(informal, uncommon) Acronym of sensitive new age guy.
Alternative letter-case form of snag (“sensitive new age guy”) [A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch.]

To catch or tear (e.g. fabric) upon a rough surface or projection.
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.
(fishing) 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.
(slang, transitive) To obtain or pick up.
(UK, dialect) To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
(slang, Native American) To have noncommittal sexual relations.

Examples of "snag" in Sentences

The snag is that the "toy parliament" has no opposition.
One snag is that the commission has four vacancies and therefore lacks a quorum to consider the matter.
The snag is that euro-zone government bonds differ from those of other developed markets, such as the U.K. or the U.S.
The snag is that your credit card is going to be charged for a while -- but unlikesome magazine subscriptions, it won't be forever.
The snag is that your credit card is going to be charged for a while -- but unlike some magazine subscriptions, it won't be forever.
Another potential snag is a newly enforced requirement that buildings have at least 10 percent of their annual budget in a reserve fund.
The snag is that such a drug would also affect other areas of autonomic nerve control, such as tear and saliva production, eye muscles, digestive system, heart rate, bladder and bowel function.
One day something my grandfather used to say occurred to me as I was tying on terminal tackle after another snag from a morning full of wading places i didn't want to disturb to free tackle and occassionally having to break one off.