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GINGER SNAP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ginger snap mean?
• GINGER SNAP (noun)
The noun GINGER SNAP has 1 sense:
1. a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger
Familiarity information: GINGER SNAP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A crisp round cookie flavored with ginger
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
ginger nut; ginger snap; gingersnap; snap
Hypernyms ("ginger snap" is a kind of...):
biscuit; cookie; cooky (any of various small flat sweet cakes ('biscuit' is the British term))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ginger snap"):
brandysnap (a gingersnap flavored with brandy)
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