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nosh.

Food.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/nɑʃ/US/nɒʃ/Received-Pronunciation
  1. Food.

    UK · countable · dated · slang · uncountable
  2. A light meal or snack.

    US · countable · dated · slang · uncountable
  3. Fellatio.

    Polari · countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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.

verb/nɑʃ/US/nɒʃ/Received-Pronunciation
  1. To eat a snack or light meal.

    dated · intransitive · slang · usually · with-on
    They were noshing on fruit.
  2. To perform fellatio (on); to blow.

    Polari
Where this word comes from

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.

intj/nɑʃ/US/nɒʃ/Received-Pronunciation
  1. An ironic response to a statement of the obvious.

    Australia · sarcastic · slang
Where this word comes from

Abbrevation of no shit.

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