snack

1 of 2

noun

ˈsnak 

: a light meal : food eaten between regular meals

also : food suitable for snacking

snack

2 of 2

verb

snacked; snacking; snacks

intransitive verb

: to eat a snack

Examples of snack in a Sentence

Noun

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

Verb

She tries not to snack between meals.

I'll just snack on an apple if I'm hungry.

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

From behind the counter of his tiny store, The Latin Corner, surrounded by candies, snacks and other goods from his homeland of Venezuela, David Villanueva’s eyes are glued to a flat screen TV. —Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 6 Jan. 2026

With at least a dozen places to eat, drink, or snack, along with pools, beach, shops, fitness center, spa, and salon, Hotel Del Coronado is a complete destination. —Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2026

Verb

For starters, vending machines, which had long dispensed chips, candy bars and sodas to snacking office workers, simply weren’t set up to deliver fresh salads on demand. —Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2026

Pretzels are often marketed as a better-for-you snack compared to richer, fried alternatives like potato chips. —Brianna Tobritzhofer, Health, 30 Dec. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English snak bite, from snaken to bite, perhaps from Middle Dutch snacken to snap at — more at snatch

First Known Use

Noun

1757, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1807, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing snack

• snack bar

Rhymes for snack

• ack
• brack
• clack
• crack
• dak
• flack
• flak
• hack
• jack
• knack
• lac
• lack

Kids Definition

snack

noun

ˈsnak

: a light meal : lunch