SNACK | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Snack

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

Middle English (originally in the sense ‘snap, bite’): from Middle Dutch snac(k), from snacken ‘to bite’, variant of snappen. Senses relating to food date from the late 17th century

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: snak
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a small amount of food eaten between meals

Short Definition:

small amount of food eaten between meals

Examples:
  • not many people make it through to the evening meal without a snack
Definition:

a sexually attractive person

Short Definition:

sexually attractive person

Examples:
  • it's clear from the pics that her new husband is a total snack
Definition:

a thing that is easy to accomplish

Short Definition:

thing that is easy to accomplish

Examples:
  • it'll be a snack

Word: Snack

Speech Type: Verb

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: snak
Dialects: British English
Definition:

eat a snack

Short Definition:

eat snack

Examples:
  • she likes to snack on yogurt

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