snag
$ \mathrm{snag}^1 |snaɡ|
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noun
1. an unexpected or hidden obstacle or drawback:
思いがけない障害［問題］
e.g. the picture's US release hit a snag.
2. a sharp, angular, or jagged projection:
鋭い［ぎざぎざの］突起物; (折れた木の)株; 欠けた歯
e.g. keep an emery board handy in case of nail snags.
a rent or tear in fabric caused by a sharp or jagged projection.
(衣類の)かぎ裂き, 破れ
3. North American a dead tree.
(水底の)沈み木, 隠れ木〘船の航行の障害になる〙
verb (snags, snagging, snagged) with object
catch or tear (something) on a projection:
«…に» 〈衣類〉を引っ掛けてしまう «on»
e.g. thorns snagged his sweater.
no object become caught on a projection:
«…に» 引っ掛かる, «…で» 破ける «on» .
e.g. radio aerials snagged on bushes and branches.
North American informal catch or obtain (someone or something):
｟米･くだけて｠ …を(すばやく)つかむ, (運良く)手に入れる
e.g. it's the first time they've snagged the star for a photo.
DERIVATIVES
snaggy adjective
snag1 (sense 2 of the noun)
ORIGIN
late 16th century (in snag1 (sense 2 of the noun) ): probably of Scandinavian origin. The early sense ‘stump sticking out from a tree trunk’ gave rise to a US sense ‘submerged piece of timber obstructing navigation’, of which sense 1 is originally a figurative use. Current verb senses arose in the 19th century.
$ \mathrm{snag}^2 |snaɡ|
noun Australian/NZ informal
a sausage:
｟豪･ニュージー･くだけて｠ ; 〖～s〗 ソーセージ
e.g. I make my own snags, my own pies and pasties.
ORIGIN
1940s: of unknown origin.