I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
hit a snag/problems/a bad patch etc
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My father hit a bad patch, he had to sell the house.
snagging list
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
only
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The only snag was that Auger made a bad take-off and punctured one of his auxiliary tanks and broke off his tailwheel.
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The only snag is that uncomfortable proviso.
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I wish I could go with her, that's the only snag .
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From the ant's perspective the only snag in this excellent scheme is the quality of its diet.
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The only snag in his life is everybody expects him to live up to his heart-throb image.
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The only snag was that I had bad after-effects from the anaesthetic.
■ VERB
hit
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However, the industry may hit snags in cashing in on their investments.
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Wednesday, the pact hit a snag Thursday morning over several smaller issues.
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Almost immediately after researchers began exploring this question, however, they hit a series of snags .
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The effort to regulate HMOs hit a snag in the recent legislative session, when Gov.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The case hit a snag in October when the judge handling it had to be replaced.
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The cleanup effort was delayed for a few days by some technical snags and equipment problems.
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The House worked out some last-minute snags on the legislation.
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The process hit a snag Tuesday when a vital meeting had to be canceled.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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However, there's a snag in this intergalactic transportation scheme.
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The snag is that online users are reluctant to give out information about themselves to Web sites.
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The snags offer safe nesting sites for birds, as thousands of young trees and plants sprout up on the surrounding riverbank.
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This is much easier than it sounds but not without snags.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Danny's kite snagged in the upper branches of a tree.
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The parking lot was almost full, but I snagged a space in the last row.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A similar experiment was attempted in mid-1992, but it was interrupted when the tether became snagged in a deployer mechanism.
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And then the hospital just goes and snags some other kid on the hook.
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Don't open the packet with your teeth and be careful not to snag the rubber with rings or finger-nails.
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His eyes snagged on some of them, the infamous dates-I 917, 1 929-and skated right over others.
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However the textured topside can easily mark or snag , and paste can not be successfully removed from it.
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The trial follows the Antares tragedy in which four fishermen drowned after a submarine snagged its nets in the Firth of Clyde.
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This savvy-enough production will snag hordes who love a mindless evening.