different between snack vs snick

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snæk/
• Rhymes: -æk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch snacken (“to snack”).

Noun

snack (plural snacks)

1. A light meal.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:meal

2. An item of food eaten between meals.
3. (slang) A very sexy and attractive person.
   • 2008, Scott Sherman, First You Fall: A Kevin Connor Mystery, Alyson Publications:

     Up close, he was a total snack. “That was pretty slick.” “Well.” He cocked his head, “I'm a pretty slick guy.” “I'm Kevin,” I said. “Romeo,” he put out his hand. “You're kidding.”

   • 2019, Loy A. Webb, The Light, Concord Theatricals (?ISBN), page 22:

     You were looking like a snack. I was looking like a snack. We were finally going to do what two snacks do... I immediately went into my routine. Covers on. Lights off. But you Mr. Tate...you softly grabbed my hand, kissed it, and turned the lights back on.

   • 2020, Gena Showalter, Prince of Stone, HQN Books (?ISBN):

     Her confusion amped up. But so did her attraction. He was a total snack.

Alternative forms

• (attractive person): snacc

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• munchies
• fast food
• takeaway

Verb

snack (third-person singular simple present snacks, present participle snacking, simple past and past participle snacked)

1. To eat a light meal.
2. To eat between meals.

Derived terms

• snack down

Translations

Etymology 2

See snatch (transitive verb). Ultimately of the same origin as the word under Etymology 1, but perhaps through a different source.

Noun

snack (plural snacks)

1. (obsolete) A share; a part or portion.

Verb

snack (third-person singular simple present snacks, present participle snacking, simple past and past participle snacked)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To snatch.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To bite.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To share.

Anagrams

• nacks

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English snack, from Middle Dutch snacken (from which snakken).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sn?k/

Noun

snack m (plural snacks, diminutive snackje n)

1. snack

Derived terms

• snackbar

Verb

snack

1. first-person singular present indicative of snacken
2. imperative of snacken

French

Etymology

From English snack, from Middle Dutch snacken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snak/

Noun

snack m (plural snacks)

1. snack bar

Synonyms

• snack-bar

Further reading

• “snack” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?snak/, [?znak]

• IPA^(key): /es?nak/, [ez?nak]

Noun

snack m (plural snacks)

1. snack

Swedish

Etymology

Nominalization of snacka (“to chat, to talk”).

Pronunciation

Noun

snack n (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) talk, speech

Declension

Related terms

• snacka

Derived terms

• snackis
• skitsnack
• snicksnack

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sn?k/

Etymology 1

Probably from snick or snee.

Verb

snick (third-person singular simple present snicks, present participle snicking, simple past and past participle snicked)

1. (transitive) To cut or snip.
2. (cricket) To hit (the ball) with the edge of the bat, causing a slight deflection.

Noun

snick (plural snicks)

1. (cricket) A small deflection of the ball off the side of the bat; often carries to the wicketkeeper for a catch.
2. A small cut or mark.
3. A knot or irregularity in yarn.

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Etymology 2

Imitative.

Verb

snick (third-person singular simple present snicks, present participle snicking, simple past and past participle snicked)

1. To make something click, to make a clicking noise.

Noun

snick (plural snicks)

1. A sharp clicking sound.

Etymology 3

Verb

snick (third-person singular simple present snicks, present participle snicking, simple past and past participle snicked)

1. Alternative form of sneck

Anagrams

• Nicks, nicks, scink