snags

Noun

• a sharp protuberance
• a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest
• an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
  • "she had snags in her stockings"
• an unforeseen obstacle
• plural of snag

Verb

• catch on a snag
• get by acting quickly and smartly
• hew jaggedly
• third-person singular simple present indicative of snag

Synonyms

hang-up, hitch, rent, rip, rub, snag, split, tear