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snag noun

  /ˈsnæɡ/
  • (figuratively) A problem or difficulty with something.
 Haken, Problem, springender Punkt
  • A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch.
 Aststummel, Aststumpf
  • 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.
 Baumstumpf
  • A pulled thread or yarn, as in cloth.
 Fadenzieher
  • A tooth projecting beyond the others; a broken or decayed tooth.
 Zahnstumpf

snag verb

  /ˈsnæɡ/
  • (slang, transitive) To obtain or pick up.
 ergattern, sich schnappen
hit a snag
auf Schwierigkeiten stoßen, hängenbleiben
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