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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
Recent Examples of snack from the Web
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The event begins with an up-close demo on breaking down a whole hog, accompanied by drinks and snacks, and is followed by a multi-course dinner of local, organic, heritage pork.
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Practice tonight and tomorrow a first round win-or-go home (after snacks) playoff baseball game at Legion Park on Chicago's Northwest Side.
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New Nestle Chief Executive Officer Mark Schneider has laid out a strategy of investing in businesses like coffee, water and pet food, which are growing more rapidly than chocolate and snacks.
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Many healthy snacks marketed as low fat also have very high sugar content, which promotes obesity.
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Hotel lobbies are accommodating that, offering lots of work spaces - as well as plugs and free WiFi - with easy access to snacks, caffeine and cocktails.
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From complimentary snacks to free movies, the perks of flying are dwindling...and fast.
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Add that to frequent stops at traffic lights and a snack might be in order before starting the work day.
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The guide also recommends drinking a daily fruit and veggie smoothie with avocado and cinnamon to support liver function as a supplemental snack to flush out extra estrogen.
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Origin and Etymology of snack
Middle English snak bite, from snaken to bite, perhaps from Middle Dutch snacken to snap at — more at snatch
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.
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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