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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 gingerplay

  Familiarity information: GINGER SNAP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GINGER SNAP (noun)


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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