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- [snak]
- /snæk/
- /snæk/
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- [snak]
- /snæk/
Definitions of snack word
- noun snack a small portion of food or drink or a light meal, especially one eaten between regular meals. 1
- noun snack a share or portion. 1
- noun snack Australian Slang. something easily done. 1
- verb without object snack to have a snack or light meal, especially between regular meals: They snacked on tea and cake. 1
- idioms snack go snack / snacks, to share (profits or returns). 1
- noun snack sth small to eat 1
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Origin of snack
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; (noun) Middle English: a snap or bite, derivative of snacken to snap, bite; compare Middle Dutch snack a snap; (v.) derivative of the noun
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Parts of speech for Snack
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
snack popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
snack usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for snack
noun snack
- bite — If you bite something, you use your teeth to cut into it, for example in order to eat it or break it. If an animal or person bites you, they use their teeth to hurt or injure you.
- blue plate — a plate, often decorated with a blue willow pattern, divided by ridges into sections for holding apart several kinds of food.
- brunch — Brunch is a meal that is eaten in the late morning. It is a combination of breakfast and lunch.
- chocolate — Chocolate is a sweet hard food made from cocoa beans. It is usually brown in colour and is eaten as a sweet.
- confiture — a confection, preserve of fruit, etc
verb snack
- breakfasted — the first meal of the day; morning meal: A hearty breakfast was served at 7 a.m.
- chow down — If you chow down on something, you eat a large amount of it quickly and with enthusiasm.
- consume — If you consume something, you eat or drink it.
- downed — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- downing — a downward movement; descent.
Antonyms for snack
noun snack
- blue plate — a plate, often decorated with a blue willow pattern, divided by ridges into sections for holding apart several kinds of food.
- brunch — Brunch is a meal that is eaten in the late morning. It is a combination of breakfast and lunch.
- din-din — dinner.
- luncheon — lunch, especially a formal lunch held in connection with a meeting or other special occasion: the alumni luncheon.
- meal — a coarse, unsifted powder ground from the edible seeds of any grain: wheat meal; cornmeal.
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