That's the snag.
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Snag
//ˈsnæɡ//
Synonyms for "snag" (195 found)
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Closest matches (39)
Strong matches (59)
Related words (97)
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More general
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
Synonyms
6 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
8 entrieshas context
6 entriesis a
2 entriesmanner of
3 entriesrelated to
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Translations
112 translations across 23 languages.
Belarusian
3 entries- карча́жына noun (tree fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water)
- карча́к noun (tree fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water)
- корч noun (tree fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water)
Bulgarian
4 entries- изваден конец noun (pulled thread or yarn)
- неочаквано препятствие noun (problem or difficulty)
- стърчащ/счупен зъб noun (tooth projecting beyond the rest)
- сухо дърво noun (a dead tree that remains standing)
Czech
4 entries- háček noun (problem or difficulty)
- potíž noun (problem or difficulty)
- zádrhel noun (problem or difficulty)
- natrhnout verb (to catch or tear)
Dutch
1 entries- ritsen verb (to catch or tear)
Finnish
4 entries- langanpää noun (pulled thread or yarn)
- oksantynkä noun (stump or base of a branch)
- pulma noun (problem or difficulty)
- skäägä noun (informal: sausage)
French
4 entries- accroc noun (problem or difficulty)
- andouiller noun (one of the secondary branches of an antler)
- aspérité noun (stump or base of a branch)
- chicot noun (stump or base of a branch)
German
4 entries- Aststummel noun (stump or base of a branch)
- Aststumpf noun (stump or base of a branch)
- Baumstumpf noun (tree fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water)
- Fadenzieher noun (pulled thread or yarn)
Hungarian
4 entries- akadály noun (problem or difficulty)
- baj noun (problem or difficulty)
- bökkenő noun (problem or difficulty)
- bütyök noun (sharp protuberant part of an object)
Ingrian
1 entries- hako noun (a dead tree that remains standing)
Italian
2 entries- albero morto in piedi noun (a dead tree that remains standing)
- intoppo noun (problem or difficulty)
Japanese
4 entries- ほつれ noun (pulled thread or yarn)
- 些細なトラブル noun (problem or difficulty)
- さっかける verb (fishing: to fish by means of dragging a large hook or hooks on a line)
- さびく verb (fishing: to fish by means of dragging a large hook or hooks on a line)
Māori
3 entries- kātara noun (sharp protuberant part of an object)
- taitā noun (tree fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water)
- hiwi verb (fishing: to fish by means of dragging a large hook or hooks on a line)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- ulempe noun (problem or difficulty)
Old English
3 entries- hremmung noun (problem or difficulty)
- wearn noun (problem or difficulty)
- wirn noun (problem or difficulty)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- بوداق noun (stump or base of a branch)
Persian
1 entries- سرشاخه noun (stump or base of a branch)
Polish
4 entries- odrostek noun (one of the secondary branches of an antler)
- sęk noun (stump or base of a branch)
- tylec noun (stump or base of a branch)
- zadrzeć verb (to catch or tear)
Russian
4 entries- загво́здка noun (problem or difficulty)
- коря́га noun (stump or base of a branch)
- коря́га noun (tree fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water)
- препя́тствие noun (problem or difficulty)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- duilgheadas noun (problem or difficulty)
- staing noun (problem or difficulty)
Slovak
4 entries- hrboľ noun (sharp protuberant part of an object)
- suk noun (stump or base of a branch)
- výčnelok noun (sharp protuberant part of an object)
- zádrheľ noun (problem or difficulty)
Spanish
4 entries- desgarrón noun (pulled thread or yarn)
- intrígulis noun (problem or difficulty)
- jirón noun (pulled thread or yarn)
- pega noun (problem or difficulty)
Swedish
4 entries- aber noun (problem or difficulty)
- hake noun (problem or difficulty)
- krux noun (problem or difficulty)
- stötesten noun (problem or difficulty)
Ukrainian
3 entries- корч noun (tree fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water)
- перехо́плювати verb (slang: to pick up)
- перехопи́ти verb (slang: to pick up)
Sample sentences
32 total sentences available.
There's a snag.
Source: tatoeba (1349953)
The coldest temperature ever recorded in Canada was −63 °C in Snag, Yukon.
Source: tatoeba (5649173)
I'm afraid that there's a little snag.
Source: tatoeba (7367600)
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