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   Snack

   /snak/

   

   noun

   • 1. a small amount of food eaten between meals: "not many people make it through to the evening meal without a snack"
   • ▪ a light meal that is eaten in a hurry or in a casual manner: "bar snacks are served at lunchtime"
   • 2. a sexually attractive person: informal "it's clear from the pics that her new husband is a total snack"

   verb

   • 1. eat a snack: "she likes to snack on yogurt"

   Word Origin Middle English (originally in the sense ‘snap, bite’): from Middle Dutch snac(k), from snacken ‘to bite’, variant of snappen. Senses relating to food date from the late 17th century.

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