n. & v.
n. 1 a light, casual, or hurried meal. 2 a small amount of food eaten between meals. 3 Austral. sl. something easy to accomplish.
v.intr. eat a snack. snack bar a place where snacks are sold.
[ ME, orig. a snap or bite, f. MDu. snac(k) f. snacken (v.), var. of snappen ]