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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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    From Middle Dutch snacken (“to snack”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *snakkōną (“to smack one's lips, open one's mouth to eat; to snatch (with one's mouth?), snack on”), whence also etymology 2; ultimately onomatopoeic. Cognate with German schnäken (“to snack”). More at Proto-Germanic *snak-.

    Noun

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    snack (plural snacks)

    2. A light meal.
      Synonyms: bite to eat; see also Thesaurus:meal
    4. An item of food eaten between meals.
      • 1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
        Stay another fifteen minutes, in which we can have a snack of some kind in place of dinner.
      • 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:
        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.
    5. (slang) A very sexy and attractive person.
      • 2008, Scott Sherman, First You Fall: A Kevin Connor Mystery, Alyson Publications:
        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.”
      • 2019, Loy A. Webb, The Light, Concord Theatricals, →ISBN, page 22:
        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 grabbed my hand, kissed it, and turned the lights back on.
      • 2020, Gena Showalter, Prince of Stone, HQN Books, →ISBN:
        Her confusion amped up. But so did her attraction. He was a total snack.
    Alternative forms
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    • (attractive person): snacc
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    Verb

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    snack (third-person singular simple present snacks, present participle snacking, simple past and past participle snacked)

    1. To eat a light meal.
      • 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 66:
        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.
    2. To eat between meals.
      Coordinate term: graze
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    Etymology 2

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    See snatch (transitive verb). Ultimately of the same origin as the word under Etymology 1, but perhaps through a different source.

    Noun

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    snack (plural snacks)

    1. (obsolete) A share; a part or portion.

    Verb

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    snack (third-person singular simple present snacks, present participle snacking, simple past and past participle snacked)

    1. (obsolete, transitive) To snatch.
    2. (obsolete, transitive) To bite.
    3. (obsolete, transitive) To share.

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    Dutch

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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      Borrowed from English snack, from Middle Dutch snacken (from which snakken).

      Noun

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      snack m (plural snacks, diminutive snackje n)

      1. snack
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      Etymology 2

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      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Verb

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      snack

      1. inflection of snacken:
        1. first-person singular present indicative
        2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
        3. imperative

      French

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      Etymology

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      Pseudo-anglicism, derived from snack bar.

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      snack m (plural snacks)

      1. snack bar
        Synonym: snack-bar

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      Romanian

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      Etymology

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      Etymology tree
      Proto-Germanic *snakkōną
      Proto-West Germanic *snakkōn
      Middle Dutch snackenbor.
      English snackubor.
      Romanian snack

        Unadapted borrowing from English snack.

        Noun

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        snack n (plural snackuri)

        1. snack

        Declension

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        singular plural
        indefinite definite indefinite definite
        nominative-accusative snack snackul snackuri snackurile
        genitive-dative snack snackului snackuri snackurilor
        vocative snackule snackurilor

        Spanish

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        Etymology

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        Proto-Germanic *snakkōną
        Proto-West Germanic *snakkōn
        Middle Dutch snackenbor.
        English snackubor.
        Spanish snack

          Unadapted borrowing from English snack.

          Pronunciation

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          • IPA(key): /ˈsnak/ [ˈznak], /esˈnak/ [ezˈnak]
          • Rhymes: -ak
          • Syllabification: snack

          Noun

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          snack m (plural snacks)

          1. snack

          Usage notes

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          According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

          Swedish

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          Etymology

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          Deverbal from snacka (“to chat, to talk”).

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          Noun

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          snack n (uncountable)

          1. (colloquial) talk, speech
          2. (colloquial) a talk
            Kan vi ta ett snack?
            Could we have a talk?
            Jag ska ta ett allvarligt snack med honom
            I will have a serious talk with him
          3. (colloquial, sometimes) bull, nonsense; empty talk (mostly from "snack" sounding colloquial and lending itself to such usage)
            Äh, vilket snack!
            Eh, what a load of nonsense!
            mycket snack och lite substans
            plenty of hot air and little substance
          4. (idiomatic, colloquial, in "(det är) inget snack om saken" ((there is) no talk of the matter)) (there is) no question about it (it definitely is the case)
            Han är skyldig. Det är inget snack om saken.
            He is guilty. There is no question about it.

          Usage notes

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          See also snacka, where tone also comes in.

          Declension

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          Declension of snack
          nominative genitive
          singular indefinite snack snacks
          definite snacket snackets
          plural indefinite snack snacks
          definite snacken snackens

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          Vietnamese

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          Etymology

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          Pseudo-anglicism, derived from snack.

          Pronunciation

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          • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [səː˨˩ najk̟̚˧˦], [si˨˩ najk̟̚˧˦]
          • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂəː˦˩ nat̚˦˧˥] ~ [səː˦˩ nat̚˦˧˥], [ʂɪj˦˩ nat̚˦˧˥] ~ [sɪj˦˩ nat̚˦˧˥]
          • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʂəː˨˩ nat̚˦˥] ~ [səː˨˩ nat̚˦˥], [ʂɪj˨˩ nat̚˦˥] ~ [sɪj˨˩ nat̚˦˥]
          • Phonetic spelling: sờ nách, sì nách

          Noun

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          snack

          1. (Southern Vietnam) crisps; potato crisps
            Synonym: (Northern Vietnam) bim bim
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