Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

snacky

/ˈsnæki/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English

Syllables: snacky
IPA: /ˈsnæki/

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a snack; suitable as a snack.

Informal

adj

Desiring a snack; peckish.

Informal

Example Sentences

"If I haven't time for a proper lunch, I pick up something snacky from the store."
"We arrived that day and after kicking off our flip-flops and cover-ups, we called Craig over and slowly unzipped the duffle, so he could see all the snacky goodness we had brought over for the three of us to feast upon."
"She [Epstein's assistant L. Groff] reminds them again later: “Can we make sure to have something snack-y for Larry [Summers].”"
"Have you eaten yet? I'm feeling snacky."

Etymology

From snack + -y.

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

snackier (comparative) snackiest (superlative)

Synonyms

snackish

Rhymes With

jackie wacky tacky khaki mackey mackie lackey paki bukkake hacky jacki raki

Questions

How do you pronounce snacky?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsnæki/.
What does snacky mean?: Resembling or characteristic of a snack; suitable as a snack.
Where does snacky come from?: From snack + -y.

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