Meaning

4 senses

  1. A light meal.

    Imbiss, Happen, Snack

    заку́скаzakúska, переку́скаperekúska, переку́сperekús

    заку́скаzakúska, за́кускаzákuska, пере́кускаperékuska

    a light informal meal

  2. An item of food eaten between meals.

    Zwischenmahlzeit

    заку́скаzakúska, по́лдникpóldnik, снэкsnɛk

    снекsnek, заку́скаzakúska

  3. (slang)A very sexy and attractive person.

  4. (obsolete)A share; a part or portion.

Examples

306 sentences

  1. I need a snack.

    Мені потрібно щось перекусити. — deniko

    deIch brauche einen Snack. — mayabe

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  2. What's your favorite snack?

    Яка твоя улюблена закуска? — zinova

    ruКакая твоя любимая закуска? — odexed

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  3. He acquired the habit of snacking.

    ruОн завёл привычку перекусывать. — odexed

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  4. I made a snack for us.

    deIch habe für uns ein paar Häppchen gemacht. — Espi

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  5. Can you make me a snack?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a light meal:
Русский
By meaning 2
a light meal:
an item of food eaten between meals:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
a light meal:
an item of food eaten between meals:

Origin

From Middle Dutch snacken (“to snack”). Cognate with German schnäken (“to snack”). See sn

From Middle Dutch snacken (“to snack”). Cognate with German schnäken (“to snack”).

See snatch (transitive verb). Ultimately of the same origin as the word under Etymology 1, but perhaps through a different source.

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Forms

plural: snacks
Singularsnack
Pluralsnacks

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
mealA1bite to eatmeserefectionrepast
Close in meaning

Word family

31 related words
Relatedfast foodA2takeawayB1munchies
Derivedforbidden snackmidnight snacknonsnackpower snacksnaccidentsnackadiumsnackagesnack barsnack boxsnackerysnackettesnack foodsnackishsnacklesnacklesssnacklikesnackmakersnackosnack shamingsnack streetsnacktimesnacktivitysnackwichsnacky

Collocations

5 patterns
  • kind of snacks
  • some snacks
  • had a snack
  • of snacks do
  • afternoon snack

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
smugglersmuglyC1smurfsnagsnailC1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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