snag

1. (transitive)To catch or tear (e.g. fabric) upon a rough surface or projection.

   Be careful not to snag your stockings on that concrete bench!

2. (transitive)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.

   The steamboat was snagged on the Mississippi River in 1862.

3. (transitive)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.

   We snagged for spoonbill from the eastern shore of the Mississippi River.

4. (slang, transitive)To obtain or pick up, especially in a quick or surreptitious way.

   Ella snagged a bottle of water from the fridge before leaving for her jog.

   sich schnappen, ergattern

   перехо́плюватиperexópljuvaty, перехопи́тиperexopýty

5. (UK, dialectal)To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.

6. (intransitive, slang)To have noncommittal sexual relations.

1. That's the snag.

   ruТрудный вопрос. — paul_lingvo

   deDa liegt der Hase im Pfeffer. — Espi

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2. There's a snag.

   deEs gibt einen Haken. — pne

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3. Tom ran into a snag.

   У Тома виникла проблема. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR

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4. I'm afraid there's a little snag.

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5. Wherein our story hits a snag.

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