snack
noun
a small portion of food or drink or a light meal, especially one eaten between regular meals.
snacked
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past participleof snack.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof snack.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
snacknouna small portion of food or drink or a light meal, especially one eaten between regular meals.
Example Sentences
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A hurdle: The Patriots schedule is considerably harder than it was last season, when it snacked on light appetizers through January and got to play the AFC championship game against a backup QB.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Research group Circana says that last year 48.8% of consumers snacked three or more times a day, up 2.7 percentage points over 2024.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 7, 2026
Guests snacked on canapés and hors d’oeuvres before proceeding upstairs for the main course.
From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2025
Survey participants who were controlling their type 2 diabetes ate fewer sugary foods and snacked less overall than participants without diabetes and those whose blood sugar levels indicated they were prediabetic.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 15, 2023
She had some baby carrots in a Ziploc, too, although all she had snacked on so far was her melted chocolate.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
