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Snickers

Pronunciation: /ˈsnɪkəz/

The English word “Snickers” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A chocolate bar produced by the Mars company, with a peanut, caramel and nougat filling.

Etymology

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

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