nosh

English

WOTD – 11 February 2016

Etymology

From 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-Germanic *hnaskōną (“to weaken; make soft; tenderise”). Related to nesh.

Pronunciation

Noun

nosh (plural noshes)

  1. Food; a light meal or snack.
  2. (Polari) Fellatio.

Derived terms

  • (food): noshery (“restaurant”)
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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. (Polari) To perform fellatio (on); to blow.
  • (to eat): nosh up (“meal; feast”)
  • (to fellate): nosh off
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