- present participle of snack.
snacking
Example Sentences
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Add to this the sugar-hit snacking that keeps some shift workers going overnight and it makes for an extremely unhealthy cocktail.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
This includes the snacking category, where Rennie says consumers are interested in good quality, but smaller treat sizes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Chicks Luna and Sandy were seen safe and sound Sunday morning around 6 a.m. on the popular livestream nest cam aimed at their Big Bear pine tree, snacking on fish in the family aerie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Other humans, like Mariana Aidar, president of the animal-welfare nonprofit Projeto CAPA—the woman presently holding out the sugarcane to the capybara snacking away on the riverbank—are fighting for their capybara neighbors to survive.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
Brother Quang forces a swallow before explaining we are used to fresh-killed chicken that roamed the yard snacking on grains and worms.
From "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai
