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Definition of schnapps noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

schnapps

noun

/ʃnæps/

/ʃnæps/

[uncountable, countable] (from German)

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a strong alcoholic drink made from grain
Word Originfrom German Schnaps, literally ‘dram of liquor’, from Low German and Dutch snaps ‘mouthful’.

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