nosh
nosh · noshes
FoodFood.
UK/nɒʃ/US/nɑʃ/
Meaning
3 senses(UK, countable, dated, slang, uncountable)Food.
(US, countable, dated, slang, uncountable)A light meal or snack.
(Yiddish) a snack or light meal
(Polari, countable, uncountable)Fellatio.
Origin
From Yiddish נאַשן (nashn), from Middle High German naschen (“nibble”) (which is also theFrom Yiddish נאַשן (nashn), from Middle High German naschen (“nibble”) (which is also the parent of German naschen), from Old High German naskōn (“to nibble; parasite”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnaskwōn (“to weaken; make soft; tenderise”). Doublet of nesh.
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Forms
plural: noshesWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable