nosh

English

Etymology

From Yiddish נאַשן (nashn), from Middle High German naschen (“nibble”) (which is also the parent of German naschen).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /nɑʃ/
• (RP) IPA: /nɒʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɒʃ

Noun

nosh (plural noshes)

1. Food; a light meal or snack.
2. (slang, UK) Fellatio.

Translations

food; a light meal or snack

• Dutch: voedsel (nl), lichte maaltijd (nl)

• Russian: еда (ru) (jidá) f

Verb

nosh (third-person singular simple present noshes, present participle noshing, simple past and past participle noshed)

1. (intransitive, usually with "on") To eat a snack or light meal.

   They were noshing on fruit.

2. (slang, UK) To perform fellatio (on); to blow.

Related terms

• nosh up

Translations

snack — see snack

to perform fellatio (on) — see blow

Anagrams

• Hons