gingersnap en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒəsnap/ (British, Multicultural-London-English, Southern, Standard)
- /ˈd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒɚɹsnæp/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺 (iñci) Proto-Dravidian *wēr Old Tamil 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (vēr) Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (iñcivēr)bor. Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera)der. Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis)bor. Latin zingiberi Late Latin gingiberbor. Proto-West Germanic *gingiberō Old English gingifer ▲ Old French gingembreinflu. Middle English gingivere Middle English gingere English ginger Middle Dutch snappen Dutch snappenbor. Low German snappenbor. English snap English gingersnap From ginger + snap.
Meanings
- A type of biscuit or cookie made from dough seasoned with ginger.
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(US, obsolete, slang) A hot-tempered person, particularly one who is red-haired.
Paul winked gravely at vacancy. “Where’s the kid now?” […] “A ginger snap!” thought Paul, derisively.
1897, “Paul, the Wharf Waif”, in Wharf Paul. The Aldine "tip-top Tales", number 207, Chapter 4, pages 35–36:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| ginger-snap | alternative | lexicographic | |
| ginger snap | alternative | lexicographic | |
| gingersnaps | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (23)
et piparpähkel (type of biscuit seasoned with ginger) · nn peparkake (type of biscuit seasoned with ginger) · da peberkage (type of biscuit seasoned with ginger) · ru пипарку́кас (type of biscuit seasoned with ginger) · kmr kilêçe (type of biscuit seasoned with ginger) · nb pepperkake (type of biscuit seasoned with ginger) · sv pepparkaka (type of biscuit seasoned with ginger) · ja ジンジャースナップ (type of biscuit seasoned with ginger) · lv piparkūka (type of biscuit seasoned with ginger) · vro pipõrkuuk (type of biscuit seasoned with ginger) · fi pipari (type of biscuit seasoned with ginger) · be імбі́рнае пячэ́нне (type of biscuit seasoned with ginger) · gv cro jinshar (type of biscuit seasoned with ginger) · it biscotto allo zenzero (type of biscuit seasoned with ginger) · ja ジンジャービスケット (type of biscuit seasoned with ginger) · fi piparkakku (type of biscuit seasoned with ginger) · et kivipräänik (type of biscuit seasoned with ginger) · my ချင်းနံ့သင်းထားသောအမာစားဘီစကွတ်။ (type of biscuit seasoned with ginger) · et piparkook (type of biscuit seasoned with ginger) · hy պիպարկուկաս (type of biscuit seasoned with ginger) · is piparkaka (type of biscuit seasoned with ginger) · ja ジンジャークッキー (type of biscuit seasoned with ginger) · da pebernød (type of biscuit seasoned with ginger)