nosh
noun
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L324563 on Wikidata ↗verb
- snack
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /nɑʃ/ / /nɒʃ/
intj
Etymology: Abbrevation of no shit.
- An ironic response to a statement of the obvious.
noun
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-West Germanic *hnaskwōn (“to weaken; make soft; tenderise”). Doublet of nesh.
- Food.
- A light meal or snack.
- Fellatio.
verb
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-West Germanic *hnaskwōn (“to weaken; make soft; tenderise”). Doublet of nesh.
- To eat a snack or light meal.
“They were noshing on fruit.”
- To perform fellatio (on); to blow.