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snack  (snk)

n.

1. A hurried or light meal.

2. Food eaten between meals.

intr.v. snacked, snack·ing, snacks

To eat a hurried or light meal.

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[Middle English snak, variant of snacche, trap, bite, from snacchen, to snap; see snatch.]

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snacker n.

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snack [snæk]

n

1. (Cookery) a light quick meal eaten between or in place of main meals

2. a sip or bite

3. Rare a share

4. Austral informal a very easy task

vb

(Cookery) (intr) to eat a snack

[probably from Middle Dutch snacken, variant of snappen to snap]

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snack - First meant "bite, snap (of a dog)," from a Dutch word meaning "to bite."

See also related terms for snap.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	snack - a light informal meal                 collation, bite meal, repast - the food served and eaten at one time refreshment - snacks and drinks served as a light meal nosh - (Yiddish) a snack or light meal coffee break, tea break - a snack taken during a break in the work day; "a ten-minute coffee break"; "the British have tea breaks"
Verb	1.	snack - eat a snack; eat lightly; "She never loses weight because she snacks between meals" nosh eat - eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation" browse, graze - eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing"

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snack

noun

light meal, bite, refreshment(s), nibble, titbit, bite to eat, elevenses (Brit. informal) Lunch was a snack in the fields.

verb

eat between meals, graze (informal), nibble She would improve her diet if she snacked less.

Translations

snack [snæk]

A. N → tentempié m
to have a snack → tomar un tentempié, picar algo

B. VI = to have a snack

C. CPD snack bar N → cafetería f, lonchería f (LAm)

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snack [ˈsnæk]

n → casse-croûte m inv
to have a snack → prendre un en-cas, manger quelque chose (de léger)

vi → grignoter
to snack on sth → grignoter qch
snack bar n → snack(-bar) m

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snack

n → Kleinigkeit f → (zu essen), Imbiss m; to have a snack → eine Kleinigkeit essen, einen Imbiss zu sich (dat) → nehmen; we just have a snack for lunch → mittags essen wir nicht viel or groß (inf); too many snacks between meals … → wenn man zwischen den Mahlzeiten zu viel isst …

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snack [snæk] n → spuntino
to have a snack → fare uno spuntino

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snack

n snack [snӕk]

a light, hasty meal I usually have only a snack at lunchtime; (also adjective ) We had a snack lunch in the pub. happie, peuseling وَجْبَةٌ خَفيفَه похапване lehké jídlo; lehký snack; snack- der Imbiß, Imbiß-... πρόχειρο γεύμα, σνακ tentempié suupiste خوراك مختصر välipala casse-croûte אֲרוּחָה קָלָה अल्पाहार, हल्का नाश्ता zalogaj, laki obrok gyors étkezés, (néhány) harapás makanan kecil snarl spuntino 軽食 간식 lengvas užkandis ātra maltīte; uzkoda makanan ringan hapje lett måltid przekąska refeição ligeira gustare, masă frugală лёгкая закуска ľahké al. rýchle občerstvenie; ľahký prigrizek užina matbit, mellanmål อาหารว่าง hafif yemek 速食 легка закуска ہلکا ناشتہ bữa ăn qua loa 快餐

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snack → وجبة خفيفة svačina snack kleine Zwischenmahlzeit σνακ aperitivo, tentempié välipala en-cas laki obrok spuntino 軽食 가벼운 식사 snack noe å bite i przekąska lanche легкая закуска mellanmål อาหารว่าง atıştırma đồ ăn nhẹ 快餐