つまみ食い – vocab dash

つまみ食ぐい

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Meanings

Noun

Suru verb

Transitive verb

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 used

Pitch accent

つまみぐい

Examples6

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.

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.

トムったら私わたくしが食しょく卓たくから離はなれてる隙ひまに、私わたくしのご飯はんつまみ食ぐいしたのよ。

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

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、完かん食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.