SNACK
What does "SNACK" mean?
A small amount of food eaten between meals.
Meanings
- A light, quick portion of food taken between regular meals. She grabbed a snack before the meeting.
- To eat a snack or eat lightly between meals. We snacked on nuts during the drive.
- An exceptionally attractive person. Honestly, your friend is a whole snack. informal
Did you know?
- Snack started as a bite, not a treat: it comes from Middle Dutch 'snacken', meaning to snap or bite, so the original snack was the snap of teeth rather than the food they closed on.
Word origin
From Middle Dutch 'snacken', to snap or bite; the word first meant a bite or snap (as of a dog's jaws) before settling into the sense of a quick small meal.
Remember it
A SNACK is a quick SNAP of the teeth - both words come from the same biting Dutch root.
A little poem
Late kitchen, one light-
the quiet crackle of chips
between two long days.
haiku
Wordplay
- I told my dog he was just a snack, and he agreed - then bit one, very much on brand.
What it teaches
A small bite at the right moment carries you further than a feast at the wrong one.
Quick facts
What does SNACK mean?
A small amount of food eaten between meals.
Is SNACK a valid word?
Yes — SNACK is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SNACK?
SNACK has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SNACK come from?
From Middle Dutch 'snacken', to snap or bite; the word first meant a bite or snap (as of a dog's jaws) before settling into the sense of a quick small meal.
What can SNACK teach us?
A small bite at the right moment carries you further than a feast at the wrong one.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.