snack
noun
a small portion of food or drink or a light meal, especially one eaten between regular meals.
are snacking
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present progressiveof snack.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Research suggests about a third of people, external are snacking every night after their evening meal - for those aged 18-24, four in five are unable to resist.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
Here, in the burbling tanks at the University of Washington’s Friday Harbor Labs, these charismatic orange and maroon sea stars are snacking on mussels and dog-piling their siblings.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2023
Companies and analysts say that more people are snacking instead of eating full meals.
From Reuters ● Jan. 29, 2015
They, too, are snacking on candies for emotional reasons; they, too, are searching the grainy newsreel for the faces of fiances.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
