snack
/snæk/ · snack
noun
- A light meal. She grabbed a quick snack before the meeting.
- An item of food eaten between meals. He kept a snack of fruit in his bag.
- A very sexy and attractive person (slang). That new actor is a total snack.
verb
- To eat a light meal. We snacked on popcorn while watching the movie.
- To eat between meals. She likes to snack on nuts throughout the day.
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Did you know? In modern slang, calling someone a "snack" likens their appeal to something tasty and desirable, a usage that spread through social media in the 2010s.