Definition of snack
: a light meal : food eaten between regular meals; also : food suitable for snacking
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Examples of snack in a Sentence
He had a snack of chips and dip.
I didn't have time for lunch so I just grabbed a quick snack.
peanuts, potato chips, and other snack foods
Origin and Etymology of snack
Middle English snak bite, from snaken to bite, perhaps from Middle Dutch snacken to snap at — more at snatch
First Known Use: 1757
snack
Definition of snack
intransitive verb
: to eat a snack
Examples of snack in a Sentence
She tries not to snack between meals.
I'll just snack on an apple if I'm hungry.
1807
First Known Use of snack
1807
SNACK Defined for English Language Learners
snack
playDefinition of snack for English Language Learners
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: a small amount of food eaten between meals
snack
Definition of snack for English Language Learners
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: to eat a small amount of food between meals : to eat a snack
SNACK Defined for Kids
Definition of snack for Students
: a small amount of food eaten between meals
Definition of snack for Students
snacked
;snacking
: to eat a small amount of food between meals
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