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Webster 1913 Edition


Snack

Snack

,
Noun.
[See
Snatch
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
A share; a part or portion; – obsolete, except in the colloquial phrase,
to go snacks
, i. e., to share.
At last he whispers, “Do, and we
go snacks
.”
Pope.
2.
A slight, hasty repast.
[Colloq.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Snack

SNACK

,
Noun.
[Qu. from the root of snatch.]
1.
A share. It is now chiefly or wholly used in the phrase, to go snacks with one, that is, to have a share.
2.
A slight hasty repast.

Definition 2024


Snack

Snack

See also: snack

German

Snack

Noun

Snack m (genitive Snacks, plural Snacks)

  1. snack (a light meal)

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Synonyms

snack

snack

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English

Noun

snack (plural snacks)

  1. A light meal.
  2. An item of food eaten between meals.
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Verb

snack (third-person singular simple present snacks, present participle snacking, simple past and past participle snacked)

  1. to eat a light meal
  2. to eat between meals
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Etymology 2

See snatch (transitive verb).

Noun

snack (plural snacks)

  1. (obsolete) A share; a part or portion.
    • Alexander Pope
      At last he whispers, "Do, and we go snacks."

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /snɛk/

Etymology

Borrowing from English snack, from Middle Dutch snacken (from which snakken).

Noun

snack m (plural snacks, diminutive snackje n)

  1. snack

Derived terms

Verb

snack

  1. first-person singular present indicative of snacken
  2. imperative of snacken

French

Etymology

From English snack, from Middle Dutch snacken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /snak/

Noun

snack m (plural snacks)

  1. snack bar

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Spanish

Etymology

English

Noun

snack m (plural snacks)

  1. snack

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

snack n (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) talk, speech

Declension

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