nosh
pronunciation
How to pronounce nosh in British English:
UK [nɒʃ]
How to pronounce nosh in American English:
US [nɑʃ]
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- Noun:
- (Yiddish) a snack or light meal
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- Verb:
- eat a snack; eat lightly
Word Origin
- nosh (v.)
- 1957, from Yiddish nashn "nibble," from Middle High German naschen, from Old High German hnascon, nascon "to nibble," from Proto-Germanic *(g)naskon. Related: Noshed; noshing. Earlier as a noun (1917) meaning "a restaurant," short for nosh-house.
Example
- 1. British nosh is no longer as awful as it was 30 years ago , he concedes .
- 2. If you can live without your nosh from time to time , then you can probably carry on living while greedy-guts pop their clogs .
- 3. The central government in beijing is even insisting on some austerity now , from sell-offs of the fleets of luxury cars assigned to local bosses to cutbacks on high-end liquor and nosh at official banquets .