as in bites
a small amount of food eaten between meals
He had a snack of chips and dip. I didn't have time for lunch, so I just grabbed a quick/light snack.
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Recent Examples of snacks
Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2025
The boxy fit will easily layer without feeling too bulky, and the front is fitted with functional pockets for my phone, headphones, and even some extra snacks.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2025
One place for students to stock up on study snacks, ready-to-eat meals, toilet paper, and enough plastic cups to host the entire sorority?
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
Elliott Management’s recent $4 billion stake in PepsiCo signals a strong conviction that the beverage-and-snacks leader can unlock more value.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Tickets cost $15 and come with snacks and your first round of drinks paid.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
Powe still comes by once a week to drop off snacks for kids in the hotel — chips, cookies, jerky, fruit snacks, Little Debbie’s, whatever is on sale — shelling out about $100 or more of her own money every week doing so.
—Josh Wood, The Courier-Journal, 29 Aug. 2025
For food, pack sandwiches, fruit, and snacks from a nearby deli like Zabar’s (2245 Broadway, 10-minute walk), known for bagels, lox, and cheese platters.
—Emma Caldwell, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
Families can bring chairs, blankets and snacks, park district officials said.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
The practice also offers a calm, welcoming environment where doctors have time to be hospitable, offering patients coffee and snacks.
—Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2025
The boxy fit will easily layer without feeling too bulky, and the front is fitted with functional pockets for my phone, headphones, and even some extra snacks.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2025
One place for students to stock up on study snacks, ready-to-eat meals, toilet paper, and enough plastic cups to host the entire sorority?
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
Elliott Management’s recent $4 billion stake in PepsiCo signals a strong conviction that the beverage-and-snacks leader can unlock more value.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Tickets cost $15 and come with snacks and your first round of drinks paid.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
Powe still comes by once a week to drop off snacks for kids in the hotel — chips, cookies, jerky, fruit snacks, Little Debbie’s, whatever is on sale — shelling out about $100 or more of her own money every week doing so.
—Josh Wood, The Courier-Journal, 29 Aug. 2025
For food, pack sandwiches, fruit, and snacks from a nearby deli like Zabar’s (2245 Broadway, 10-minute walk), known for bagels, lox, and cheese platters.
—Emma Caldwell, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
Families can bring chairs, blankets and snacks, park district officials said.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snacks
Noun
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She is raped, half-drunk, at a party and bites off a piece of her attacker’s ear.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
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The disease spreads through triatomine insect bites, per UCLA Health.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But now, the future of Lucille’s American Cafe, a Weston comfort-food institution serving up mouthfuls of nostalgia since 1999, is unclear.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Aug. 2025
Verb
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In his article for Mosaic magazine, Israeli computer scientist Moshe Koppel calculates that Sefaria’s digitized library, about a thousand volumes, barely grazes the surface.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Naylor said the shark bite capital county's shoreline averages 12 to 15 bites or nibbles a year and had seen only four as of late July.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
2 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Snacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snacks. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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