つまみ食い

摘まみ食い、 摘み食い、 撮み食い

Reading

Kana: つまみぐい
Romaji: tsumamigui
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Definitions

vs
1

eating with one's fingers

2

snitching food; snatched food; secret eating; food snatched and eaten without the meal starting

3

embezzlement; misappropriation; exploiting something

4

flirting

Kanji

Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む
Meanings: eat, food
Readings: テキ、 つ.む
Meanings: pinch, pick, pluck, trim, clip, summarize
Readings: サツ、 と.る、 つま.む、 -ど.り
Meanings: snapshot, take pictures

Example Sentences

(かれ)はケーキをつまみ()いするのを()られた。
➥He was seen to eat a piece of cake secretly.
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つまみ()いと()うか、完食(かんしょく)していたように()えたが。
➥You say you had a nibble, it looked to me like you'd polished it off.
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