midnight snack
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- noun
- /ˈmɪdˌnaɪt snæk/
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tentempié de medianoche
- Now I’m hungry for a midnight snack
- prepare a midnight snack
- go for a midnight snack
- a little midnight snack
You know, normally I wouldn't have a midnight snack, but I just gave a good presentation.
- You know, normally I wouldn't have a midnight snack, but I just gave a good presentation.
- On Sunday morning, Revitalight Black Label pairs perfectly with nightcaps and midnight snacks.
- Any chocolate cereal with a bowl of milk like that was my go to midnight snack.
- We're not having midnight snacks of, I don't know, ho ho's washed down with, with, you know, a sugary drink That's, that's within your capability.
- The breakfast is connected to the midnight snack.
- So when Elon and his pals Hawking and so on, AI is going to eat our lunch and our dinner and our midnight snack too.
- And if the shark, hungry for a midnight snack, darts towards you, then summons up all your strength and punch him in the snout and he will turn and swim away.
Examples
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Unable to sleep, Elena visits the kitchen for a little midnight snack.
Blog text (25) -
Come on, a midnight snack turned into a push up competition.
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And it's amazing as a midnight snack right before bed.
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It's time for our midnight snack.
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What if someone wants a midnight snack?
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Looking for a midnight snack?
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A midnight snack might be just the thing .
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I had a midnight snack that disagreed with me.
Fiction book (1997) -
Juan's mother prepared a midnight snack for the fiesteros.
Fiction book (2002) -
It's time for our midnight snack before watching the movie.
Synonyms
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1.8
A small quick meal or snack
Antonyms
How Filling
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a small meal eaten around midnight' is directly and transparently composed from 'midnight' (the middle of the night) and 'snack' (a light informal meal). This is a straightforward, literal combination common across languages and predictable for a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
The phrase midnight snack creates a simple picture: midnight is the late hour and a snack is a small bite of food. It comes from the common habit of getting up around midnight to eat something small, so it means 'a small meal eaten late at night'.