Meaning

2 senses
  1. A type of biscuit or cookie made from dough seasoned with ginger.

    пипарку́касpiparkúkas

    a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger

  2. (US, obsolete, slang)A hot-tempered person, particularly one who is red-haired.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. I baked a batch of homemade gingersnaps that filled the house with a warm, spicy aroma.

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  2. Remember, you're allowed to pick any biscuit as your favourite, as long as it's Gingersnap.

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Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
type of biscuit seasoned with ginger:

Origin

Middle Dutch snappen

Middle Dutch snappen

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Forms

plural: gingersnaps

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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