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NOSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nosh mean? 

NOSH (noun)
  The noun NOSH has 1 sense:

1. (Yiddish) a snack or light mealplay

  Familiarity information: NOSH used as a noun is very rare.


NOSH (verb)
  The verb NOSH has 1 sense:

1. eat a snack; eat lightlyplay

  Familiarity information: NOSH used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NOSH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(Yiddish) a snack or light meal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("nosh" is a kind of...):

bite; collation; snack (a light informal meal)

Domain category:

Yiddish (a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script)

Derivation:

nosh (eat a snack; eat lightly)


NOSH (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they nosh  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it noshes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: noshed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: noshed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: noshing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Eat a snack; eat lightly

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

nosh; snack

Context example:

She never loses weight because she snacks between meals

Hypernyms (to "nosh" is one way to...):

eat (eat a meal; take a meal)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "nosh"):

browse; graze (eat lightly, try different dishes)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue nosh

Derivation:

nosh ((Yiddish) a snack or light meal)

nosher (someone who eats lightly or eats snacks between meals)


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