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snack

  • noun
  • /snæk/

An item of food eaten between meals.

Other meanings

  1. A very sexy and attractive person.

  2. A share; a part or portion.

Synonyms

  • bite

A kind of

  • meal

Kinds of snack

  • coffee break

Example sentences

  • “You can have a snack in the meantime.”

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Word history

From Middle Dutch "snacken" (to snack).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “snack” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.