/snæk/
OriginFrom Middle Dutch snacken (“to snack”). Cognate with German schnäken (“to snack”).
- A light meal.
- An item of food eaten between meals.
“The numbers thin out the further we get from London, so I don't feel guilty when I remove my mask momentarily to scoff some of the snacks I'd bought at Marylebone.”
- slangA very sexy and attractive person.
“Up close, he was a total snack. “That was pretty slick.” “Well.” He cocked his head, “I'm a pretty slick guy.” “I'm Kevin,” I said. “Romeo,” he put out his hand. “You're kidding.””
“You were looking like a snack. I was looking like a snack. We were finally going to do what two snacks do... I immediately went into my routine. Covers on. Lights off. But you Mr. Tate...you softly gr”
“Her confusion amped up. But so did her attraction. He was a total snack.”
- obsoleteA share; a part or portion.
“All my demurrs but double his attacks; / At laſt he vvhiſpers, "Do; and vve go ſnacks."”
“"Have you exhibited very much?" said Young Person in the bar-parlour of the "Coach and Horses," where Mr Watkins was skilfully accumulating local information on the night of his arrival. / "Very littl”
- To eat a light meal.
“Insult is added to injury when I see the West Coast Railways dining train at the adjacent platform, where guests are sat snacking and drinking wine at a very sociable distance.”
- To eat between meals.
- obsolete, transitiveTo snatch.
- obsolete, transitiveTo bite.
- obsolete, transitiveTo share.
Formssnacks(plural) · snacc(alternative) · snacks(present, singular, third-person) · snacking(participle, present) · snacked(participle, past) · snacked(past)