nosh
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
nosh (countable and uncountable, plural noshes)
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
snack — see snack
slang: food — see grub
blowjob — see blowjob
Verb edit
nosh (third-person singular simple present noshes, present participle noshing, simple past and past participle noshed)
- (slang, intransitive, usually with on) To eat a snack or light meal.
- They were noshing on fruit.
- (Polari) To perform fellatio (on); to blow.
Related terms edit
Translations edit
snack — see snack
to perform fellatio (on) — see blow
Etymology 2 edit
Abbrevation of no shit.
Interjection edit
nosh
- (slang, Australia, sarcastic) An ironic response to a statement of the obvious.
- Synonyms: no shit; no shit, Sherlock
Anagrams edit
Narragansett edit
Noun edit
nòsh
Further reading edit
- Roger Williams (1643) A Key into the Language of America, London: Gregory Dexter, →OCLC, page 28