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nosh

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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
nosh /nɑʃ/USA pronunciation   [Informal.]
v. 
  1. Informal Termsto snack or eat (something) between meals: [no object]noshing on peanuts.[~ + object]to nosh potato chips.

n. [countable]
  1. Informal Termsa snack.
nosh•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
nosh  (nosh),USA pronunciation [Informal.]
v.i. 
  1. Informal Termsto snack or eat between meals.

v.t. 
  1. Informal Termsto snack on:They noshed peanuts and cookies while watching television.

n. 
  1. Informal Termsa snack.
  • Yiddish nashn; Middle High German naschen, Old High German nascōn to nibble, gnaw; cognate with Danish naske, Swedish snaska
  • 1955–60

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
nosh /nɒʃ/ slang n
  1. food or a meal
 vb
  1. to eat
Etymology: 20th Century: from Yiddish; compare German naschen to nibble
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