SNACK


Meaning of SNACK in English

■ noun

1》 a small quantity of food or a light meal, eaten between meals or in place of a meal.

2》 Austral. informal a thing that is easy to accomplish.

■ verb eat a ~.

Origin

ME (orig. in the sense 'snap, bite'): from MDu. snac(k) , from ~en 'to bite', var. of snappen .

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