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snack

/snæk/ noun

Categories: Food & DrinkRare Words

In Latin: merenda Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about snack at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. A light meal.
  2. An item of food eaten between meals.
  3. A very sexy and attractive person.

verb

  1. To eat a light meal.
  2. To eat between meals.

noun

  1. A share; a part or portion.

verb

  1. To snatch.
  2. To bite.
  3. To share.

Origin

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

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