nosh

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.

• (US) IPA^(key): /nɑʃ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /nɒʃ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒʃ

nosh (countable and uncountable, plural noshes)

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

• (food): noshery (“restaurant”)

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

1. (slang, 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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