Snickers — English Dictionary

Noun

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

   Synonyms

   Marathon

   Examples

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   Over in a corner of the building, amid the packing crates and pallets, the snack bar is doing a land-office business. Burgers, hot dogs, potato chips, Snickerses, some fresh fruit and some tired-looking pastries, soda, and very respectable coffee are being dispensed by a hurried man named Willie and his three female assistants.

   From his expression, it seemed that the only thing of importance taking place in the room was his deciding between a Snickers and a Babe Ruth!

   "Yep," said Robin, reaching into the cooler for a diet soda and a Snickers.

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   Yet, though Halloween has long been seen as a time for mild pranks, along with usually unverifiable eerie activity, the dread it inspires seems to us to be more mock than real. Not only are those caramel apples and miniature Snickerses positively delicious but, for many of us, so is the contemplation of those awful things briefly going “bump!” in the night beyond our windows—that is, as long as we’re safe inside.

   He saw humans feed them something called a Snickers, and he could feel the pain of those same deer as their stomachs twisted and contorted, but they came back for more of these Snickers.

   ‘…I suppose it’s a bit like Snickers always being Marathon in my eyes. In about ten years only old people like me will remember it.’ ’No!’ he protested. ‘It’ll never die. In the minds of right-thinking people it’ll always be Marathon. For goodness’ sake, Snickers! Rhymes with knickers, you don’t want to eat something that does that, do you?’

   They just filled up their cars, threw away a Kleenex, grabbed a Snickers, shook out a dress, and washed up.

   You can hop out of bed, visit the bathroom (and grin in the mirror), make a nice cup of tea, grab a Snickers and return to bed to daydream the morn away.

   Save room for such desserts as Snickers pie or tiramisu for two.

   “Sylvie, you realize we’ll be eating lunch in an hour, right?” This was my older sister Kate, seated to my left, on the aisle. / “Yeah, if it was in an hour and a half, she would’ve gotten two Snickers.” This was my younger sister Meg, who always seemed to get the window seat. / “You mean two Snickerses,” I told her. “But here are two snickers, just for you,” and here I clicked my tongue disapprovingly—twice.

   BOB. Jeanine used to pull out a Snickers from her purse every time we hit a snag, like when there was four hours of traffic to get to Hoover Dam, when I got a B on a chemistry test, or when we got to the Michelle Kwan Museum and it was closed for renovation. I could really use a Snickers right now.

   Sophie just came to the door and said, “Tad? I’m sorry you had a bad time at your party. You can have one of my Snickerses if you want.” Which was really nice of her. I mean, she’s allergic to peanuts, so I’m not sure why she didn’t let me have all the Snickers. But still . . . it was nice of her.