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snack (snak)

noun

  1. Archaic a share or part
  2. a small quantity of food; light meal or refreshment taken between regular meals

Etymology: ME snake, a bite < snaken, to bite, snap, prob. < MDu snacken, to snap

intransitive verb

to eat a snack or snacks

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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