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Snack

//snæk// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A light meal.
  2. 2
    A share; a part or portion. obsolete

    "All my demurrs but double his attacks; / At laſt he vvhiſpers, "Do; and vve go ſnacks.""

  3. 3
    a light informal meal wordnet
  4. 4
    An item of food eaten between meals.

    "The numbers thin out the further we get from London, so I don't feel guilty when I remove my mask momentarily to scoff some of the snacks I'd bought at Marylebone."

  5. 5
    A very sexy and attractive person. slang

    "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
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    To snatch. obsolete, transitive
  3. 3
    eat a snack; eat lightly wordnet
  4. 4
    To eat between meals.
  5. 5
    To bite. obsolete, transitive
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  1. 6
    To share. obsolete, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch snacken (“to snack”). Cognate with German schnäken (“to snack”).

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch snacken (“to snack”). Cognate with German schnäken (“to snack”).

Etymology 3

See snatch (transitive verb). Ultimately of the same origin as the word under Etymology 1, but perhaps through a different source.

Etymology 4

See snatch (transitive verb). Ultimately of the same origin as the word under Etymology 1, but perhaps through a different source.

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