snack

snack
/snak/, n.
1. a small portion of food or drink or a light meal, esp. one eaten between regular meals.
2. a share or portion.
3. Australian Slang. something easily done.
4. go snack or snacks, to share (profits or returns).
v.i.
5. to have a snack or light meal, esp. between regular meals: They snacked on tea and cake.
[1300-50; (n.) ME: a snap or bite, deriv. of snacken to snap, bite; cf. MD snack a snap; (v.) deriv. of the n.]

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  • snack — snack …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • snack — bar [ snakbar ] ou snack [ snak ] n. m. • 1933, 1958; mot angl. amér., de snack « repas léger et hâtif » et bar ♦ Anglic. Café restaurant moderne où l on sert rapidement des plats simples. ⇒ fast food; région. casse croûte. « Au cœur même de la… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Snack — Sm Imbiß erw. fremd. Erkennbar fremd (20. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. snack, einer Ableitung von ne. snack schnappen, beißen , dessen Herkunft nicht sicher geklärt ist.    Ebenso nndl. snack, nfrz. snack( bar), nschw. snack, nnorw. snack. ✎ …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • snack — s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} spuntino, merenda | panino, merendina o sim. che si consuma come spuntino: uno snack al cioccolato {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1959. ETIMO: der. di (to) snack mordere …   Dizionario italiano

  • Snack — [snɛk, engl. snæk] der; s, s <aus gleichbed. engl. snack zu to snack (mdal.) »schnappen«> Imbiss, kleine Zwischenmahlzeit …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • Snack — Snack, n. [See {Snatch}, v. t.] 1. A share; a part or portion; obsolete, except in the colloquial phrase, {to go snacks}, i. e., to share. [1913 Webster] At last he whispers, Do, and we go snacks. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. A slight, hasty repast.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • snack — s.n. Cuvânt american pentru gustare luată între mese, servită la un snack bar sau la un local fast food (bufet expres), de obicei asociată cu o băutură nealcoolică. Trimis de gal, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DGE …   Dicționar Român

  • snack — /snæk/, it. /znɛk/ s. ingl. [der. di (to ) snack mordere ], usato in ital. al masch. [breve pasto consumato fra i pasti principali a base di pizzette, tramezzini, ecc.] ▶◀ (lett.) asciolvere, merenda, merendina, spuntino …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • snack — (v.) c.1300, to bite or snap (of a dog), probably from M.Du. snacken to snatch, chatter (see SNATCH (Cf. snatch)). The meaning have a mere bite or morsel, eat a light meal is first attested 1807; the noun in this sense is from 1757. Snack bar is… …   Etymology dictionary

  • snack — [n] tiny meal bite, bite to eat*, break, eats*, goodies*, grub*, light meal, lunch, luncheon, midnight snack, morsel, munch*, nibble, nosh*, pickings, piece, refreshment, tea, tidbit; concepts 457,459 Ant. meal …   New thesaurus

  • snack — ► NOUN 1) a small quantity of food eaten between meals or in place of a meal. 2) Austral. informal a thing that is easy to accomplish. ► VERB ▪ eat a snack. ORIGIN Dutch, from snacken to bite …   English terms dictionary

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