dictionary definitions for "snack"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  snack
      n : a light informal meal [syn: bite, collation]
      v : eat a snack; eat lightly; "She never loses weight because
          she snacks between meals" [syn: nosh]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Snack \Snack\, n. [See Snatch, v. t.]
     1. A share; a part or portion; -- obsolete, except in the
        colloquial phrase, to go snacks, i. e., to share.
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              At last he whispers, "Do, and we go snacks." --Pope.
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     2. A slight, hasty repast. [Colloq.]
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