gingersnap
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3.0
- noun
- /ˈdʒɪndʒərˌsnæp/
- US
:
galleta de jengibre
- "Dorothy pulled a plastic bag out of her purse and began nibbling on a gingersnap.
- gingersnap crust
- gingersnap cookie
- gingersnap crumbs
Examples
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She put a plate of home-baked gingersnaps and a glass of milk on the bureau.
Fiction book (1990) -
He and Grandpa are drinking cups of coffee and eating gingersnaps.
Fiction book (2001) -
Miss Gordon gives us gingersnap cookies sometimes.
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My grandma didn't smile much or bake gingersnap cookies.
Fiction book (2000) -
Someone takes a gingersnap from the bag on the table and noisily crunches into it.
Fiction book (2002) -
Johanna added some gingersnaps that had been left over from the previous day's coffee hour on the steamer.
Fiction book (1992) -
Someone has taken a baggie of Grace's gingersnaps from the freezer and left it on the dining room table.
Fiction book (2002) -
She smiled when he came to the door and sat at the kitchen table feeding him homemade gingersnaps and hot chocolate.
Fiction book (1996) -
She returned with a sack of oranges in one hand and a tin of tasty, brittle gingersnaps in the other.
Fiction book (1994) -
Miss Gordon gives us gingersnap cookies sometimes.
Synonyms
4
4.2
A small crisp cookie flavored with ginger often eaten at holidays
2
2.3
A small crisp round cookie with ginger and warm spices
1
2.5
A sweet baked treat flavored with warm spices like cinnamon
A small hard biscuit flavored with ginger often eaten with tea
A crisp sweet wafer made with ginger and sometimes brandy, often rolled into a tube
How Crisp
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Gingersnap comes from the spice ginger and the word snap, which means 'to break with a sharp sound'. So, it names a crisp, spicy cookie that 'snaps' when you bite it.