SNACK

bite, collation, snack

(noun) a light informal meal

nosh, snack

(verb) eat a snack; eat lightly; “She never loses weight because she snacks between meals”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

snack (plural snacks)

A light meal.

Synonym: Thesaurus:meal

An item of food eaten between meals.

Verb

snack (third-person singular simple present snacks, present participle snacking, simple past and past participle snacked)

To eat a light meal.

To eat between meals.

Etymology 2

Noun

snack (plural snacks)

(obsolete) A share; a part or portion.

Verb

snack (third-person singular simple present snacks, present participle snacking, simple past and past participle snacked)

(obsolete, transitive) To snatch.

(obsolete, transitive) To bite.

(obsolete, transitive) To share.

Anagrams

• nacks

Source: Wiktionary


Snack, n. Etym: [See Snatch, v. t.]

1. A share; a part or portion; -- obsolete, except in the colloquial phrase, to go snacks, i. e., to share. At last he whispers, "Do, and we go snacks." Pope.

2. A slight, hasty repast. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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