a+morsel+(of+food)

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• morsel\ slap — The act of slapping the last morsel of food out of another s hand. Especially funny when it s something she s really enjoying. While enjoying his yummy peanut butter and jelly, Dave got morsel slapped …   Dictionary of american slang

• morsel\ slap — The act of slapping the last morsel of food out of another s hand. Especially funny when it s something she s really enjoying. While enjoying his yummy peanut butter and jelly, Dave got morsel slapped …   Dictionary of american slang

• Morsel — Mor sel, n. [OF. morsel, F. morceau, LL. morsellus, a dim. fr. L. morsus a biting, bite, fr. mordere to bite; prob. akin to E. smart. See {Smart}, and cf. {Morceau}, {Mordant}, {Muse}, v., {Muzzle}, n.] 1. A little bite or bit of food. Chaucer.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• morsel — ► NOUN ▪ a small piece of food; a mouthful. ORIGIN Old French, little bite …   English terms dictionary

• morsel — [môr′səl] n. [OFr, dim. of mors < L morsum, a bite, piece < pp. of mordere, to bite: see MORDANT] 1. a small bite or portion of food 2. a small piece or amount; bit 3. a tasty dish vt. to divide into or distribute in small portions …   English World dictionary

• morsel — mor|sel [ˈmo:səl US ˈmo:r ] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: mors bite , from Latin mordere; MORDANT] a very small amount of something, especially a small piece of food = ↑scrap morsel of ▪ a morsel of bread ▪ a morsel of scandal ▪ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• morsel — noun (C) 1 a small piece of food (+ of): a morsel of bread | tasty morsels 2 morsel of hope/wisdom/gossip etc a small amount of hope etc: That s the best morsel of scandal we ve had for ages …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• food — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ delicious, excellent, good, great, superb, tasty, wonderful ▪ favourite/favorite ▪ decent …   Collocations dictionary

• morsel — [[t]mɔ͟ː(r)s(ə)l[/t]] morsels N COUNT: usu with supp, oft N of n A morsel is a very small amount of something, especially a very small piece of food. ...a delicious little morsel of meat. Syn: scrap …   English dictionary

• morsel — UK [ˈmɔː(r)s(ə)l] / US [ˈmɔrs(ə)l] noun [countable] Word forms morsel : singular morsel plural morsels 1) formal a small piece of food 2) a small amount of something, especially something good, contained in something else …   English dictionary

• Food — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Eating. < N PARAG:Food >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 eating eating &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 deglutition deglutition gulp epulation mastication manducation rumination Sgm: N 1 hippophagy hippophagy …   English dictionary for students