nosh

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.

noun

  1. (slang, UK) Food.
  2. (slang, US) A light meal or snack.
  3. (Polari) Fellatio.

verb

  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.

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