つまみ食い

Meaning

1. nvsvt
   eating with one's fingers
2. nvsvt
   snitching food; snatched food; secret eating; food snatched and eaten without the meal starting
3. nvsvt
   embezzlement; misappropriation; exploiting something
4. nvsvt
   flirting

Example sentences

• つまみ食いと言うか、完食していたように見えたが。

  You say you had a nibble, it looked to me like you'd polished it off.

• 彼はケーキをつまみ食いするのを見られた。

  He was seen to eat a piece of cake secretly.

• トムったら私が食卓から離れてる隙に、私のご飯つまみ食いしたのよ。

  Tom ate some of my rice while I was away from the table.