Eating small amounts of food between meals, typically foods that are quick and easy to consume.
From Middle Dutch 'snacken' meaning 'to bite' or 'to snap.' It entered English in the 1600s and originally referred to taking a quick bite, evolving into our modern snacking culture.
Humans are the only species that 'snacks' for pleasure—our ancestors ate when hungry. Snacking became a cultural habit with industrialization when food became cheap and plentiful enough to eat constantly!
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