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nosh en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /nɑʃ/ (US)
  • /nɒʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Australia) audio

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.

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
noshes Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

posh nosh · noshery · nosh-up

nosh en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /nɑʃ/ (US)
  • /nɒʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Australia) audio

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.

Meanings

  1. (dated, intransitive, slang, usually, with-on) To eat a snack or light meal.
    • They were noshing on fruit.
  2. (Polari) To perform fellatio (on); to blow.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
noshing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
noshes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
noshed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
noshed Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

nosher (to eat) · nosh up (to eat) · nosh off

nosh en · INTJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /nɑʃ/ (US)
  • /nɒʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

Abbrevation of no shit.

Meanings

  1. (Australia, sarcastic, slang) An ironic response to a statement of the obvious.

Synonyms

no shit, Sherlock · no shit