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snack

snæk
WordNet
Sheet with 11 performances about a disobedient boy who secretly wants to snack on candy and accidentally knocks over a bucket of lobsters. A caption below each image. Numbered top right: No 136.
Sheet with 11 performances about a disobedient boy who secretly wants to snack on candy and accidentally knocks over a bucket of lobsters. A caption below each image. Numbered top right: No 136.
  1. (v) snack
    eat a snack; eat lightly "She never loses weight because she snacks between meals"
  2. (n) snack
    a light informal meal
Illustrations
A snack with chopsticks on a tray. Left behind a large red bowl. With an accompanying text to the 'sweet fan'.
A snack with chopsticks on a tray. Left behind a large red bowl. With an accompanying text to the 'sweet fan'.
Two women sitting by bowl of snacks and cups, talking to standing waitress; in the background a man in a black kimono talking to kamuro (youngest assistant of a courtesan); view of Shinagawa bay and people on the beach.
Two women sitting by bowl of snacks and cups, talking to standing waitress; in the background a man in a black kimono talking to kamuro (youngest assistant of a courtesan); view of Shinagawa bay and people on the beach.
Sheet with 9 scenes with children playing, children snacking, playing with rabbits, licking pots, quarreling, playing with the doll and playing a soldier. Below each picture a four-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 34.
Sheet with 9 scenes with children playing, children snacking, playing with rabbits, licking pots, quarreling, playing with the doll and playing a soldier. Below each picture a four-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 34.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Interesting fact
Due to sugar shortages to make candy during World War II, movie theatre owners turned to popcorn, which is now the best selling snack at movie theatres today
  1. Snack
    A share; a part or portion; -- obsolete, except in the colloquial phrase, to go snacks, i. e., to share. "At last he whispers, “Do, and we go snacks .”"
  2. Snack
    A slight, hasty repast.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Interesting fact
Pretzel snacks have been around for over 1300 years. A European monk invented the snack using used leftover bread dough
  1. snack
    To snatch.
  2. snack
    To bite.
  3. snack
    To go snacks in: share.
  4. snack
    To go snacks or shares; share.
  5. (n) snack
    A snatch or snap, as of a dog's jaws.
  6. (n) snack
    A bite, as of a dog.
  7. (n) snack
    A portion of food that can be eaten hastily; a slight, hasty repast; a bite; a luncheon.
  8. (n) snack
    A portion or share of food or of other things: used especially in the phrase to go snacks—that is, to share; divide and distribute in shares.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
Interesting fact
In the U.S. peanuts account for 66% of all snack nuts
  1. (n) Snack
    snak a share: a slight, hasty meal
  2. (v.t) Snack
    to snatch, to bite: to share
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary See Snatch (v. t.)

Usage in the news

Healthy and delicious, Aine's Fruity Spiced Tea Cake is perfect for breakfast, dessert or a mid-afternoon snack. oprah.com

When served with fresh fruit, each of the dips below, make a healthy, nutritious and delicious snack option for the after-school gang. katu.com

I had a childhood friend who was like the kung fu master of snacking: she had complete and utter control over the food she ate. oprah.com

0Heather Ware, a dietician from HyVee, shows us how to make healthy popcorn snacks. ktvotv3.com

I'm bummed—saddened by the news that the Hostess company, home of the Twinkie and other venerable sugary snacks, is shutting down. forbes.com

You don't need to know what "slow food" is to appreciate the convenient nature of snack foods. union-bulletin.com

Decades old snack cake still in one piece. kcra.com

Snacks with lots of health benefits. abclocal.go.com

Reusable/compostable grocery bag , snack packaging debut. snackandbakery.com

Jessica Seinfeld shares ideas for healthy, delicious after-school snacks that all children will enjoy. oprah.com

Hartman Group report says even the medical community is getting behind snacks these days. candyindustry.com

In case you haven't heard, it's OK to snack these days. candyindustry.com

In fact, it's OK to snack anywhere, anytime and as often as you like. candyindustry.com

Packages being made next week will include apple and grape snack packs, also courtesy of Wawa. gourmetnews.com

Where 6 tons of snacks are made every hour. money.cnn.com

Usage in scientific papers

Since entering federal prison in october, Martha Stewart has tried her hand at ceramics, learned to crochet and become an expert on vending-machine snacks.
Improving Update Summarization by Revisiting the MMR Criterion

Bug A would like to figure out the minimum velocity it should start moving as soon as bug B showed up at p so that, no matter where it was on the circumference of the circle, it would always arrive at q before bug B, and, hopefully, have a good snack.
Oscar's Physics Phaire: A Collection of Problems

Movie A simple domain intended to explore use of conditional effects. A collection of snacks must be assembled prior to rewinding a video and then watching the movie.
The 3rd International Planning Competition: Results and Analysis

Usage in literature

But then observe, that what we do is secret, Or the Hangman will come in for Snacks. "Ponteach" by Robert Rogers

I'm going that way myself for a snack, if you care to come along. "The Spoilers of the Valley" by Robert Watson

He rubbed his giant belly as he dreamed about a snack. "FreeChildrenStories.com Collection" by Daniel Errico

He horribly sold Mr. Toots, who was anxious to have a snack of poultry himself, for a change. "The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893" by Various

Will you share a snack with us? "How I Filmed the War" by Lieut. Geoffrey H. Malins

They had been laughing over their early morning snack, now Ilya Simonov looked at her approvingly. "Freedom" by Dallas McCord Reynolds

When you want to go a bit of exploring, you just ask old John, and he'll put up a snack for you to take along. "The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson" by Robert Louis Stevenson

Must run down to the Club for a snack and a smoke. "Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, March 29, 1890" by Various

Come up ter the cabin an' I'll hunt yer up a snack of sumthin'. "The Rushton Boys at Treasure Cove" by Spencer Davenport

My home's just across the street and my wife'll be glad to give you a snack. "Two Little Women" by Carolyn Wells

Usage in poetry
"At least," I said, "I'm glad to find
A Ghost is not a DUMB thing!
But pray sit down: you'll feel inclined
(If, like myself, you have not dined)
To take a snack of something:
"Phantasmagoria Canto I (The Trystyng )" by Lewis Carroll Author object (439)
If foreigners likewise would give up the trade,
Much more in behalf of your wish might be said;
But, while they got riches by purchasing blacks,
Pray tell me why we may not also go snacks?
"Pity For Poor Africans" by William Cowper Author object (696)
But should you want a hearty meal,
And not this gourmet's lightsome snack,
Fill up with terrapin and teal,
Clam chowder, crabs, and canvasback;
With all varieties of sauce,
And diff'rent wines for ev'ry course.
"Enough is as Good as a Feast" by Harry Graham Author object (277)