as in bite
a small amount of food eaten between meals
He had a snack of chips and dip. I didn't have time for lunch, so I just grabbed a quick/light snack.
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Recent Examples of snack
Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2025
The bear then gets up on its hind legs—and opens the refrigerator, standing up and taking it all in as if deciding what to snack on.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Then, fill it with snacks, candy, or other fun treats.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Stay true to the retro Halloween snack and use white tissue paper, black ribbon, and a black marker to decorate the ghost's face.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2025
The bear then gets up on its hind legs—and opens the refrigerator, standing up and taking it all in as if deciding what to snack on.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
In the post, the traveler recounted the experience, starting with an interaction with a flight attendant during a snack service.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Then, fill it with snacks, candy, or other fun treats.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snack
Noun
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The bite landed on Dottie's wattle, the fleshy red tissue hanging from a chicken's beak that helps regulate body temperature.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
18 Sep. 2025
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The idea is to create a big, rich cheeseburger that is indulgent in every bite.—
Aly Walansky,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But the apex predators quickly began doing what predators do — finding food to hunt, kill and eat, including among the many thousands of cows and calves sent to the state’s high rangeland to graze during the summer.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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After escaping into the Arizona summer heat, the cow hoofed it through traffic and grazed by a pond, per photos and footage shared by the nonprofit, also located in San Tan Valley.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But now, the future of Lucille’s American Cafe, a Weston comfort-food institution serving up mouthfuls of nostalgia since 1999, is unclear.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Aug. 2025
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Their Cap & Cane Spirits Overproof Rum clocks in at 63% ABV and is created from a mix of Guatemalan molasses, turbinado sugar, and evaporated cane juice that delivers a mouthful of flavor.—
Hudson Lindenberger,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Surrounded by noshing fairgoers under a vast canopy, the crew members set up cameras and assembled on a red plastic tablecloth the smorgasbord for the petite 33-year-old twin sisters to take on.—
Ethan Wolin
Updated July 26,
Sacbee.com,
26 July 2025
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Nothing is more Montford than noshing on crab Rangoon and washing them down with rail G&Ts while watching a bright-eyed newlywed take on a tattooed regular at pool, the squish squish squish of footsteps on a sticky floor punctuating each turn.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
10 July 2025
Noun
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The more nibbles there are, the more chances for bacteria.—
Amy Brightfield,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Sep. 2025
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Naylor said the shark bite capital county's shoreline averages 12 to 15 bites or nibbles a year and had seen only four as of late July.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Snack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snack. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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