"gingersnap" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gingersnaps [plural]
Etymology: ginger + snap Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ginger|snap}} ginger + snap Head templates: {{en-noun}} gingersnap (plural gingersnaps)
  1. A type of biscuit (American: cookie) made from dough seasoned with ginger. Wikipedia link: gingersnap Categories (topical): Cakes and pastries Synonyms: gingernut [UK], ginger snap Translations (type of biscuit seasoned with ginger): պիպարկուկաս (piparkukas) (Armenian), імбі́рнае пячэ́нне (imbírnaje pjačénnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), ချင်းနံ့သင်းထားသောအမာစားဘီစကွတ်။ (alt: hkyang:nam.sang:hta:sau:a.maca:bhica.kwat||) (Burmese), pebernød [common-gender] (Danish), peberkage [common-gender] (Danish), piparpähkel (Estonian), kivipräänik (Estonian), piparkook (Estonian), pipari (Finnish), piparkakku (Finnish), piparkaka [feminine] (Icelandic), biscotto allo zenzero [masculine] (Italian), ジンジャークッキー (jinjā kukkī) (Japanese), ジンジャービスケット (jinjā bisuketto) (Japanese), ジンジャースナップ (jinjā sunappu) (Japanese), piparkūka [feminine] (Latvian), cro jinshar [masculine] (Manx), kilêçe (Northern Kurdish), pepperkake [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), peparkake [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), пипарку́кас (piparkúkas) [masculine] (Russian), pepparkaka [common-gender] (Swedish), pipõrkuuk (Võro)

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