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snack
(snăk)n.
1. A hurried or light meal.
2. Food eaten between meals.
intr.v. snacked, snack·ing, snacks
Phrasal Verb: 1. To eat a hurried or light meal: She had meetings all day but managed to snack in lieu of lunch.
2. To eat food between meals: She snacked during the baseball game.
snack on
To eat (food) between meals: snacked on pretzels.
snack′er n.
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snack
(snæk)n
1. (Cookery) a light quick meal eaten between or in place of main meals
2. a sip or bite
3. rare a share
4. informal Austral a very easy task
vb
(Cookery) (intr) to eat a snack
[C15: probably from Middle Dutch snacken, variant of snappen to snap]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
snack
(snæk)n.
1. a small portion of food or drink or a light meal, esp. one eaten between regular meals.
2. a share or portion.
v.i. 3. to have a snack or light meal, esp. between regular meals.
[1300–50; Middle English: a snap or bite, derivative of snacken to snap, bite; compare Middle Dutch snack a snap]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
snack
- First meant "bite, snap (of a dog)," from a Dutch word meaning "to bite."See also related terms for snap.
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snack
Past participle: snacked
Gerund: snacking
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| Noun | 1. |  snack - a light informal meal refreshment - snacks and drinks served as a light meal nosh - (Yiddish) a snack or light meal coffee break, tea break - a snack taken during a break in the work day; "a ten-minute coffee break"; "the British have tea breaks" |
| Verb | 1. | snack - eat a snack; eat lightly; "She never loses weight because she snacks between meals" eat - eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation" |
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snack
noun
1. light meal, bite, refreshment(s), nibble, titbit, bite to eat, elevenses (Brit. informal) Lunch was a snack in the fields.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
snack
nounThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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snack
[snæk]B. VI = to have a snack
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
snack
(snӕk) noun a light, hasty meal. I usually have only a snack at lunchtime; (also adjective) We had a snack lunch in the pub.tentempié
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
snack
→ aperitivo , tentempiéMultilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
snack
n bocadillo, refrigerio, botana (Mex), algo que se come entre comidas; vi comer entre comidas, comer bocadillosEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.