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snacky

snacky

1 5.0
Wanting to eat small things between meals
  • adjective
  • /ˈsnæki/
  • Informal
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  • I'm not going to lie, most days because I kind of have snacky bits, I just have one slice of toast.

Here I get snacky, I get late night munchies.

Examples

  • I've been rippin' and tearin' since sundown and I'm feeling a little snacky!

    Fun Size (2012)

  • When I'm watching a movie, I always get snacky and want popcorn.

  • In more snacky news, I bought a box of cookies yesterday!

    Blog text (32)

  • So I don't have that many snacky things to crisp up, but I only have these so I'm down for a second breakfast.

  • So I think we're now just going to grab some like snacky bits and grab a little bit of like something for breakfast because we've not eaten.

  • Oh, I want to say Narcis Stanley nibbly, snacky, sticky Hale bop.

  • In an attempt to make their company one big, happy, snacky family, Kellogg is shelling out $2.7 billion in straight-up cash to buy the Pringles line from Procter & Gamble.

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  • I'm feeling a bit snacky, so I'll grab some chips before dinner.

  • The kids were feeling snacky after school, so I gave them some fruit.

Synonyms

hungry
vssnacky
∞ 1.0

Feeling a need to eat

is often a repeated desire for small amounts rather than a broad need
peckish
vssnacky
  • UK
5 7.3

Feeling a little hungry and wanting a snack

is often a repeated mild wanting between meals rather than a single small need
munchy
vssnacky
  • Slang
7.5

Feeling slightly hungry and wanting to eat a snack

is often a repeated wanting of small amounts between meals rather than one urge

Antonyms

full
853 1.0

Not wanting more food or drink after eating enough

satiated
1 5.5

Having eaten enough that you do not want more food

How Hungry

ravenous
18 6.0
hungry
∞ 1.0
snacky
  • Informal
1 5.0
peckish
  • UK
5 7.3

Surface Forms

snacky positive

Morphology

snacky = snack (semi-transparent) = snack + y

Formally derived from 'snack' + '-y', but the psychological sense 'feeling like eating snacks' is a subjective extension that may not be immediately inferred by all learners.

Etymology

Snacky comes from snack + -y, and snack means 'a small bite of food' or 'food between meals'. So, to feel snacky is to want to nibble or eat little things between meals.