Snackbar

noun

noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A temporary banner informing the user of some action which happened or is about to happen, less interactive than a message box window and more interactive than a toast overlay

    "Users can now look forward to seeing a snackbar open up each time a download completes."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of snack bar. alt-of, alternative

    "On February 1, 1964, while the Council and the Clerks were thus engaged, inter alia, in negotiating wage rates for the unrepresented snackbar employees on a multiemployer basis, the Joint Board, on behalf of affiliated unions representing culinary workers in the Los Angeles area, entered into an exclusive bargaining contract with Boy's covering all snackbar workers of Boy's in four stores in Los Angeles County."

Example

More examples

"I'm going to the snackbar to order frikandellen, croquettes and a bag of fries."

Etymology

From snack + bar.

Related phrases

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