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Webster 1913 Edition

Snack

Noun.

[See

Snatch

Verb.

]

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

.”

Pope.

A slight, hasty repast.

[Colloq.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Snack

SNACK

Noun.

[Qu. from the root of snatch.]

A share. It is now chiefly or wholly used in the phrase, to go snacks with one, that is, to have a share.

A slight hasty repast.

Definition 2024

Snack

See also: snack

German

Snack

Noun

Snack m ‎(genitive Snacks, plural Snacks)

snack (a light meal)

Declension

Declension of Snack

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Snack	die	Snacks
genitive	eines	des	Snacks	der	Snacks
dative	einem	dem	Snack	den	Snacks
accusative	einen	den	Snack	die	Snacks

Synonyms

snack

See also: Snack

English

Noun

snack ‎(plural snacks)

A light meal.
An item of food eaten between meals.

Translations

a light meal

Arabic: وَجْبَة خَفِيفَة f ‎(wajba ḵafīfa)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 零食 (zh) ‎(língshí), 快餐 (zh) ‎(kuàicān), 小吃 (zh) ‎(xiǎochī)
Czech: svačina (cs) f
Dutch: tussendoortje (nl) n
Esperanto: kolaziono, manĝeto
Finnish: välipala (fi), pikkupurtava
French: casse-croûte (fr) m or casse-croute (fr) m, hors-d'œuvre (fr) m, goûter (fr) m
Georgian:
German: Imbiss (de) m, Happen (de) m, Snack (de) m, Jause (de) f (Austria)
Greek: κολατσιό (el) n ‎(kolatsió)
Hungarian: falatozás (hu), uzsonna (hu), tízórai
Ido: repasteto (io)
Italian: spuntino (it) m
Japanese: 軽食 (ja) ‎(けいしょく, keishoku), スナック ‎(sunakku)

Korean: 간단한 식사 ‎(gandanhan siksa), 경식 ‎(gyeongsik)
Macedonian: у́жина f ‎(úžina), за́куска f ‎(zákuska)
Malay: snek (ms)
Mongolian: зууш (mn) ‎(zuuš)
Portuguese: lanche (pt) m, comidinha f
Russian: заку́ска (ru) f ‎(zakúska), переку́с (ru) m ‎(perekús), лёгкая заку́ска f ‎(ljóxkaja zakúska)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: zakuska (sh) f, užina (sh) f
Spanish: tentempié (es) m, (formal usage) refrigerio m, (figurative usage - also : bocadillo) bocado (es) m, (Mexico) botana (es) f, (Southern Spain) piquislabis m, (Spain standard usage) piscolabis (es) m, (Guatemala) refacción m, (Venezuela, colloquial) bala fría f
Swedish: mellanmål (sv), fika (sv)
Tagalog: dautan, meryenda
Turkish: atıştırmalık (tr), çerez (tr)
Ukrainian: закуска f ‎(zakúska)

an item of food eaten between meals

Chinese:
Mandarin: 零食 (zh) ‎(língshí)
Czech: svačina (cs) f
Dutch: tussendoortje (nl)
Finnish: välipala (fi)
French: casse-croûte (fr) m or casse-croute (fr) m, grignotage (fr) m
Georgian:
German: Zwischenmahlzeit (de) f
Greek: κολατσιό (el) n ‎(kolatsió)
Italian: merendina (it) f
Japanese: 間食 (ja) ‎(かんしょく, kanshoku), (especially around 3 pm) おやつ (ja) ‎(oyatsu)

Korean: 간식 (ko) ‎(gansik)
Khmer: អាហារសម្រន់ ‎(aahaa sɑmrɑn)
Maori: paramanawa
Navajo: naalghazhí
Polish: przekąska (pl) f
Portuguese: lanche (pt) m
Russian: заку́ска (ru) f ‎(zakúska)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: zakuska (sh) f, užina (sh) f
Spanish: tentempié (es) m, (formal usage) refrigerio m, (figurative usage - also : bocadillo) bocado (es) m, (Mexico) botana (es) f, (Southern Spain) piquislabis m, (Spain standard usage) piscolabis (es) m, (Guatemala) refacción m, (Venezuela, colloquial) bala fría f
Swedish: mellanmål (sv)
Thai:
Turkish: çerez (tr), atıştırmalık (tr)

Derived terms

Verb

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

to eat a light meal
to eat between meals

Translations

to eat a light meal

Esperanto: manĝeti
Finnish: syödä välipala (fi)
French: grignoter (fr)
German: jausnen (Austria)

Macedonian: ужина ‎(úžina)
Middle High German: naschen
Russian: заку́сывать (ru) impf ‎(zakúsyvatʹ), закуси́ть (ru) pf ‎(zakusítʹ), переку́сывать (ru) impf ‎(perekúsyvatʹ), перекуси́ть (ru) pf ‎(perekusítʹ)
Turkish: atıştırmak (tr)

to eat between meals

Finnish: napostella (fi)
French: grignoter (fr)
Japanese: 間食する ‎(kanshoku suru)
Maori: kōmuramura

Middle High German: naschen
Russian: переку́сывать (ru) impf ‎(perekúsyvatʹ), перекуси́ть (ru) pf ‎(perekusítʹ)
Spanish: picar (es), mecatear (es) (Colombia), merendar (es) (in the afternoon)

Derived terms

snack down

Etymology 2

See snatch (transitive verb).

Noun

snack ‎(plural snacks)

(obsolete) A share; a part or portion.
- Alexander Pope
  At last he whispers, "Do, and we go snacks."

Anagrams

nacks

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /snɛk/

Etymology

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

Noun

snack m ‎(plural snacks, diminutive snackje n)

snack

Derived terms

snackbar

Verb

snack

first-person singular present indicative of snacken
imperative of snacken

French

Etymology

From English snack, from Middle Dutch snacken.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /snak/

Noun

snack m ‎(plural snacks)

snack bar

Synonyms

snack-bar

Spanish

Etymology

English

Noun

snack m ‎(plural snacks)

snack

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

snack n ‎(uncountable)

(colloquial) talk, speech

Declension

Declension of snack

	uncountable
Neuter	indefinite	definite
nominative	snack	snacket
genitive	snacks	snackets

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Webster 1913 Edition

Snack

Snack

Webster 1828 Edition

Snack

SNACK

Definition 2024

Snack

Snack

German

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

snack

snack

English

Noun

Translations

Derived terms

See also

Verb

Translations

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

Noun

Derived terms

Verb

French

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology

Noun

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

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Etymology

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