snack
noun
a small portion of food or drink or a light meal, especially one eaten between regular meals.
had snacked
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past perfectof snack.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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That led scientists to conclude that Typhloesus had snacked on conodonts.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2022
Some of the fences had holes, and deer had snacked freely on the grapes, further damaging the crop.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 18, 2019
I found a cantaloupe-color, fist-size chiton that a gull had snacked on.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2018
His team surveyed ribs that modern humans had snacked on and found many examples of such peeling.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 12, 2012
Ifemelu took tiny portions, pleased she had snacked on some nuts before they left; she did not like soul food.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
