語感 Dictionary

つまみ食い

つまみぐい

eating with one's fingers; snitching food; snatched food; secret eating

Also written 摘み食い、摘まみ食い、撮み食い

Meanings

  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive

    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

Example sentences

  • トム、今いまつまみ食ぐいしたでしょ。

    Tom, you just had a snack right now.

  • チョコのつまみ食ぐいが、やめれないんだ。

    I can't stop eating chocolate in secret.

  • 彼かれはケーキをつまみ食ぐいするのを見みられた。

    He was seen to eat a piece of cake secretly.

  • つまみ食ぐいしたら、おててぺっちんするからね。

    I'll give you a smack in the hand if you eat with your fingers.

  • つまみ食ぐいと言いうか、完食かんしょくしていたように見みえたが。

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

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