snacking

Definition of snackingnext
present participle of snack
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Verb
  • Mahon Ranch will lease back the land to continue grazing for $4,850 per year until future plans for the parcel are made.
    Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The first was in July, 2024, during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, when Thomas Matthew Crooks open fired on Trump with a rifle, grazing the president’s ear.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Or perhaps simple pleasures such as noshing on a pastry with a hot cup of stimulation will do.
    Ed Silverman, STAT, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Or your bulbs may have been eaten by rodents— especially voles, which are herbivores that adore noshing on many types of bulbs.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • And then there’s some outings where there’s too much nibbling with the cutter, with the sweeper, as opposed to staying on the attack.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • In October 2025, a TikTok user posted a video of a gray squirrel nibbling on the mouth end of a vape device in Philadelphia.
    Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2026
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“Snacking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snacking. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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