snack
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snack¹
- /snæk/
Rhymes with -æk
Where it comes from
From Middle Dutch snacken (“to snack”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *snakkōną (“to smack one's lips, open one's mouth to eat; to snatch (with one's mouth?), snack on”), whence also etymology 2; ultimately onomatopoeic. Cognate with German schnäken (“to snack”). More at Proto-Germanic *snak-.
noun snacks · snacc
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A light meal.
Similar: bite to eat, meal, mese, refection, repast
- An item of food eaten between meals. Stay another fifteen minutes, in which we can have a snack of some kind in place of dinner.
- A very sexy and attractive person. Up close, he was a total snack. “That was pretty slick.” “Well.” He cocked his head, “I'm a pretty slick guy.” “I'm Kevin,” I said. “Romeo,” he put out his hand. “You're kidding.”
verb snacks · snacking · snacked
- To eat a light meal. Insult is added to injury when I see the West Coast Railways dining train at the adjacent platform, where guests are sat snacking and drinking wine at a very sociable distance.
- To eat between meals.
snack²
- /snæk/
Rhymes with -æk
Where it comes from
See snatch (transitive verb). Ultimately of the same origin as the word under Etymology 1, but perhaps through a different source.
noun snacks
- A share; a part or portion. All my demurrs but double his attacks; / At laſt he vvhiſpers, "Do; and vve go ſnacks."
verb snacks · snacking · snacked
- To snatch.
- To bite.
- To share.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: nosh, bite, collation, munchy, food, diner, meal, dinner, eating, lunch, cook, fast-food, eat, dessert, cheeseburger, sandwich
Translations
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noun a light meal
| Español | tentempié, refrigerio, bocadillo), aperitivo, bocado, botana |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 간단한 식사 gandanhan siksa, 경식 gyeongsik, 간식 gansik, 스낵 seunaek |
| 日本語 | 軽食 keishoku, スナック sunakku, 間食 kanshoku, お八つ oyatsu |
| 中文 | 零食 língshí, 小吃 xiǎochī, 點心 /点心 diǎnxīn |
| हिन्दी | नाश्ता nāśtā, भाग bhāg, स्नैक snaik |
| Português | lanche, comidinha, petisco |
| Français | casse-croûte m or casse-croute, hors-d'œuvre, goûter, encas |
| Deutsch | Imbiss, Happen, Snack |
| Italiano | spuntino |
| Ελληνικά | κολατσιό kolatsió |
| Română | gustare |
| Русский | заку́ска zakúska, переку́ска perekúska, переку́с perekús, лёгкая заку́ска ljóxkaja zakúska, снэк snɛk |
| العربية | وَجْبَة خَفِيفَة wajba ḵafīfa, لُمْجَة lumja |
| עברית | חָטִיף khatíf |
noun an item of food eaten between meals
| Español | tentempié, refrigerio, bocadillo) bocado, botana, piquislabis, piscolabis |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 간식 gansik |
| 日本語 | 間食 kanshoku, おやつ oyatsu |
| 中文 | 零食 língshí |
| Português | lanche |
| Français | casse-croûte m or casse-croute, grignotage |
| Deutsch | Zwischenmahlzeit |
| Italiano | merendina |
| Ελληνικά | κολατσιό kolatsió |
| Română | gustare |
| Русский | заку́ска zakúska, по́лдник póldnik, снэк snɛk |
| עברית | חָטִיף khatíf, נשנוש |
verb to eat a light meal
| Español | merendar, comiscar, comisquear, comichear |
|---|---|
| Português | lanchar, merendar, laricar |
| Français | grignoter |
| Русский | заку́сывать zakúsyvatʹ, закуси́ть zakusítʹ, переку́сывать perekúsyvatʹ, перекуси́ть perekusítʹ |
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title = {snack},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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