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Nosh

//nɑʃ// intj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    An ironic response to a statement of the obvious. Australia, sarcastic, slang
Noun
  1. 1
    Food. UK, countable, slang, uncountable
  2. 2
    (Yiddish) a snack or light meal wordnet
  3. 3
    A light meal or snack. US, countable, slang, uncountable
  4. 4
    Fellatio. Polari, countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To eat a snack or light meal. intransitive, slang, usually, with-on

    "They were noshing on fruit."

  2. 2
    eat a snack; eat lightly wordnet
  3. 3
    To perform fellatio (on); to blow. Polari

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

Etymology 3

Abbrevation of no shit.

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