English Explanatory Dictionary

Snickers

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A chocolate bar produced by the Mars company, with a peanut, caramel and nougat filling.
noun
  1. plural of snicker
verb
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of snicker

Pronunciation

/ˈsnɪkəz/ /ˈsnɪkəɹz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Snickers.wav

Word forms

Snickers Snickerses

Etymology

Coined in 1930, from the name of a favorite horse owned by the Mars family, from snicker (“to whinny”) + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

Synonyms

Marathon

Derived words

Snickers pie Snickers salad thicker than a Snickers
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