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Swack vs Snack - What's the difference?

swack | snack |

As an adjective swack

is (scotland) lithe; nimble.

As a noun snack is

snack (a light meal).

swack

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (Scotland) Lithe; nimble.
  • *1932 , (Lewis Grassic Gibbon), Sunset Song'', Polygon 2006 (''A Scots Quair ), p. 37:
  • *:it came the turn of a brave young childe with a red head and the swackest legs you ever saw, [...] and as soon as he began the drill you saw he'd carry off the prize.
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    snack

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A light meal.
  • An item of food eaten between meals.
    • Derived terms
    * snack bar * snack food * snacker * snackette * snackery * snackless * snacky
    See also
    * munchies

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to eat a light meal
  • to eat between meals
    • Derived terms
    * snack down

    Etymology 2

    See snatch (transitive verb).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A share; a part or portion.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • At last he whispers, "Do, and we go snacks ."
    (Webster 1913)

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