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snack
[snak]
–noun
| 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. |
–verb (used without object)
—Idiom| 4. | to have a snack or light meal, esp. between regular meals: They snacked on tea and cake. |
| 5. | go snack or snacks, to share (profits or returns). |
Origin:
1300–50; (n.) ME: a snap or bite, deriv. of snacken to snap, bite; cf. MD snack a snap; (v.) deriv. of the n.
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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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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. At last he whispers, "Do, and we go snacks." --Pope. 2. A slight, hasty repast. [Colloq.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : snack
Spanish:
tentempié,
German:
der Imbiß, Imbiß-…,
Japanese:
軽食
snack
c.1300, "to bite or snap" (of a dog), probably from M.Du. snacken "to snatch, chatter" (see 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 attested from 1930.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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