snack — ozdic

Collocations

15

1

(noun.)

ADJ

healthy, light | tasty | savoury, sweet | hot, cold

quick

I grabbed a quick snack before my afternoon meeting started.

bedtime, lunchtime, mid-afternoon, mid-morning, midnight | party

VERB + SNACK

eat, have | stop for

cook (sb), fix (sb), make (sb), prepare

She prepared a quick snack for the children before their afternoon classes.

provide (sb with), serve

The hotel serves complimentary snacks in the lobby every afternoon.

SNACK + NOUN

food

lunch, meal, time

The children enjoyed their snack time in the afternoon before heading home from school.

service | bar, counter, kiosk

Definitions

noun

1

A light meal.

2

An item of food eaten between meals.

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.

3

A very sexy and attractive person.

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.”

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.

verb

1

To eat a light meal.

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.

noun

1

A share; a part or portion.

All my demurrs but double his attacks; / At laſt he vvhiſpers, "Do; and vve go ſnacks."

"Have you exhibited very much?" said Young Person in the bar-parlour of the "Coach and Horses," where Mr Watkins was skilfully accumulating local information on the night of his arrival. / "Very little," said Mr Watkins, "just a snack here and there."

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a light informal meal

verb — eat a snack

nosh

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

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.

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02

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.”

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03

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 gr

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04

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.

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05

All my demurrs but double his attacks; / At laſt he vvhiſpers, "Do; and vve go ſnacks."

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06

"Have you exhibited very much?" said Young Person in the bar-parlour of the "Coach and Horses," where Mr Watkins was skilfully accumulating local information on the night of his arrival. / "Very littl

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, snack is marked as slang, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.