つまみ食い
つまみぐい
Also written 摘み食い, 摘まみ食い, 撮み食い
Meanings
- Noun, する verb, Transitive eating with one's fingers
- snitching food; snatched food; secret eating; food snatched and eaten without the meal starting
- embezzlement; misappropriation; exploiting something
- flirting
Kanji
- 食 eat. Read as くう.
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. - 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. - チョコのつまみ食いが、やめれないんだ。
I can't stop eating chocolate in secret. - トム、今つまみ食いしたでしょ。
Tom, you just had a snack right now. - つまみ食いしたら、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.