Snack Definition

snăk
snacking, snacks
noun
snacks
A share or part.
Webster's New World
A small quantity of food; light meal or refreshment taken between regular meals.
Webster's New World
Foods commonly eaten between regular meals, specif. such prepared foods as pretzels, popcorn, chips, dips, etc.
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verb
snacking, snacks
To eat a snack or snacks.
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Other Word Forms of Snack

Noun

Singular:
snack
Plural:
snacks

Origin of Snack

  • Middle English snak variant of snacche trap, bite from snacchen to snap snatch

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • See snatch (transitive verb).

    From Wiktionary

Snack Sentence Examples

  • They finished the snack in silence.

  • You brought a snack to our little party.

  • Ten minutes later the snack was a grilled cheese sandwich and milk.

  • Tammy and Sarah were eating a snack on the patio.

  • Betsy was in the kitchen, baking scones for a mid-morning snack, while the rest of us were lounging around the main room vetoing each other's suggestions.

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Words Starting With

SSNSNA

Words Ending With

KCKACK

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