snack
a small portion of food or drink or a light meal, especially one eaten between regular meals.
a share or portion.
Slang. a sexy and physically attractive person; hottie.
Australian Slang. something easily done.
to have a snack or light meal, especially between regular meals: They snacked on tea and cake.
Idioms about snack
go snack / snacks, Archaic. to share profits or returns.
Origin of snack
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How to use snack in a sentence
Portable snacks are good to have on hand, too, says Jessica Crandall, RDN, Denver Wellness & Nutrition Director.
The idea was to identify what they are and apply them to different snacks, beverages, and foods.
Therefore, he started hiring vendors like a “papusa lady” and a pizza guy to come and cook up made-to-order snacks.
L.A.’s Cool-Kid Backyard Concert Series—Kensington Presents | Sara Lieberman | October 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPepsico has filed for patents relating to the deep chip technology, which may soon be applied to other lines of snacks.
Your favorite snacks, cosmetics, soaps, and more likely use it as an ingredient.
Our Taste for Cheap Palm Oil Is Killing Chimpanzees | Carrie Arnold | July 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
I tried to lay it on 'er father and 'is Snacks, but bless you, she knew better.
Twelve Stories and a Dream | H. G. WellsAt the time of the plague in London, a noted body searcher lived whose name was Snacks.
The Olden Time Series, Vol. 6: Literary Curiosities | Henry M. BrooksSnacks before she goes out, snacks when she comes home; oysters and stout at eleven, by his orders.
Love's Usuries | Louis Creswicke"Any more of your nasty snacks and I chuck it up altogether," said Mr. Chase, heatedly.
Ship's Company, The Entire Collection | W.W. JacobsEven the Princesses of the Blood were mean enough to go snacks in the profits of the banks kept in their palaces.
The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 of 3 | George Augustus Sala
British Dictionary definitions for snack
/ (snæk) /
a light quick meal eaten between or in place of main meals
a sip or bite
rare a share
Australian informal a very easy task
(intr) to eat a snack
Origin of snack
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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