Snack — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a light informal meal

eat a snack; eat lightly

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/snˈæk/

🇬🇧British English

/snˈak/

🇮🇳Indian English

/snˈak/

1 syllable Say it as /snˈæk/.

Examples

She never loses weight because she snacks between meals

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

nosh collation bite

Parts of Speech

noun	a light informal meal
verb	eat a snack; eat lightly “She never loses weight because she snacks between meals”

Word Forms

snack	verb	eat a snack; eat lightly
nosher	noun	someone who eats lightly or eats snacks between meals
nosh	noun	(Yiddish) a snack or light meal
snacker	noun	someone who eats lightly or eats snacks between meals
snack	noun	a light informal meal

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

collation

un repas léger et informel

🇪🇸Spanish

bocadillo

una comida ligera e informal

🇮🇹Italian

spuntino

un pasto leggero e informale

🇳🇱Dutch

tussendoortje

een lichte informele maaltijd

🇵🇹Portuguese

lanche

uma refeição leve e informal

🇷🇺Russian

закуска

легкий неформальный обед

India

🇮🇳Hindi

नाश्ता

एक हल्का अनौपचारिक भोजन

🇧🇩Bengali

জলখাবার

একটি হালকা অনানুষ্ঠানিক খাবার

🇮🇳Tamil

சிற்றுண்டி

ஒரு லேசான முறைசாரா உணவு

🇮🇳Telugu

చిరుతిండి

తేలికపాటి అనధికారిక భోజనం

🇮🇳Marathi

नाश्ता

हलके अनौपचारिक जेवण

🇮🇳Gujarati

નાસ્તો

હળવું અનૌપચારિક ભોજન

🇮🇳Kannada

ತಿಂಡಿ

ಲಘು ಅನೌಪಚಾರಿಕ ಊಟ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ലഘുഭക്ഷണം

ഒരു നേരിയ അനൗപചാരിക ഭക്ഷണം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਨੈਕ

ਇੱਕ ਹਲਕਾ ਗੈਰ ਰਸਮੀ ਭੋਜਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

ناشتہ

ہلکا غیر رسمی کھانا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

小吃

便餐

🇯🇵Japanese

スナック

軽いカジュアルな食事

🇰🇷Korean

간식

가벼운 비공식 식사

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đồ ăn vặt

một bữa ăn nhẹ thân mật

🇹🇭Thai

อาหารว่าง

อาหารมื้อเบา ๆ แบบไม่เป็นทางการ

🇮🇩Indonesian

camilan

makanan ringan yang informal

🇵🇭Filipino

meryenda

isang impormal na pagkain

🇲🇾Malay

makanan ringan

hidangan ringan tidak formal

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

وجبة خفيفة

وجبة خفيفة غير رسمية

🇮🇷Persian

میان وعده

یک وعده غذایی غیر رسمی سبک

🇹🇷Turkish

atıştırmalık

hafif, resmi olmayan bir yemek

🇮🇱Hebrew

חָטִיף

ארוחה לא רשמית קלה

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The primary meaning of 'snack' is 'a light informal meal'.

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