- a light quick meal eaten between or in place of main meals
- a sip or bite
- slang a sexually attractive person
- (intransitive) to eat a snack
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
snack /snæk/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
v. [no object]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- a small portion of food or drink eaten between regular meals:a snack of a sandwich and a glass of milk.
v. [no object]
- to have a snack:It's not wise to snack before bedtime.[~ + on + object]to snack on too many sweets.
snack
(snak),USA pronunciation n.
v.i.
- a small portion of food or drink or a light meal, esp. one eaten between regular meals.
- a share or portion.
- British Terms[Australian Slang.]something easily done.
- go snack or snacks, to share (profits or returns).
v.i.
- to have a snack or light meal, esp. between regular meals:They snacked on tea and cake.
- 1300–50; (noun, nominal) Middle English: a snap or bite, derivative of snacken to snap, bite; compare Middle Dutch snack a snap; (verb, verbal) derivative of the noun, nominal
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
snack /snæk/ n
'snack' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
bite
- coffee bar
- commissary
- crisp
- elevenses
- midinette
- milk bar
- muesli bar
- nacho
- play-lunch
- ploughman's lunch
- potato chip
- rustle up
- snack bar
- taco
- zakuski
- bar
- canteen
- carnitas
- coffee-and
- coffee break
- coffee table
- corn chip
- crib
- edge
- falafel
- fress
- gorp
- graze
- knish
- lunch
- munch
- nosh
- pepita
- pick-me-up
- piece
- pop
- tapa
- tea
- tea break
- TV table
- tzimmes
- zakuska
- snack table