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nosh

(nŏsh) Informal

A snack or light meal.

intr.v. noshed, nosh·ing, nosh·es

To eat a snack or light meal: noshed on a bagel between classes.

[Yiddish nash, from nashn, to eat sweets, nibble on, from Middle High German naschen, to nibble, from Old High German hnascōn.]

nosh′er n.

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nosh

(nɒʃ)

food or a meal

to eat

[C20: from Yiddish; compare German naschen to nibble]

ˈnosher n

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nosh

(nɒʃ)
Informal. v.i.

1. to snack or eat between meals.

v.t.

2. to snack on: to nosh potato chips.

3. a snack.

[1945–50; < Yiddish nashn; compare Middle High German naschen to gnaw]

nosh′er, n.

nosh

Past participle: noshed
Gerund: noshing

Imperative
nosh
nosh

Present
I nosh
you nosh
he/she/it noshes
we nosh
you nosh
they nosh

Preterite
I noshed
you noshed
he/she/it noshed
we noshed
you noshed
they noshed

Present Continuous
I am noshing
you are noshing
he/she/it is noshing
we are noshing
you are noshing
they are noshing

Present Perfect
I have noshed
you have noshed
he/she/it has noshed
we have noshed
you have noshed
they have noshed

Past Continuous
I was noshing
you were noshing
he/she/it was noshing
we were noshing
you were noshing
they were noshing

Past Perfect
I had noshed
you had noshed
he/she/it had noshed
we had noshed
you had noshed
they had noshed

Future
I will nosh
you will nosh
he/she/it will nosh
we will nosh
you will nosh
they will nosh

Future Perfect
I will have noshed
you will have noshed
he/she/it will have noshed
we will have noshed
you will have noshed
they will have noshed

Future Continuous
I will be noshing
you will be noshing
he/she/it will be noshing
we will be noshing
you will be noshing
they will be noshing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been noshing
you have been noshing
he/she/it has been noshing
we have been noshing
you have been noshing
they have been noshing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been noshing
you will have been noshing
he/she/it will have been noshing
we will have been noshing
you will have been noshing
they will have been noshing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been noshing
you had been noshing
he/she/it had been noshing
we had been noshing
you had been noshing
they had been noshing

Conditional
I would nosh
you would nosh
he/she/it would nosh
we would nosh
you would nosh
they would nosh

Past Conditional
I would have noshed
you would have noshed
he/she/it would have noshed
we would have noshed
you would have noshed
they would have noshed

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Noun	1.	nosh - (Yiddish) a snack or light meal 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 collation, snack, bite - a light informal meal
Verb	1.	nosh - eat a snack; eat lightly; "She never loses weight because she snacks between meals" snack eat - eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation" browse, graze - eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing"

nosh

(Slang)

noun

1. food, eats (slang), fare, grub (slang), feed, tack (informal), scoff (slang), kai (N.Z. informal), chow (informal), sustenance, victuals, comestibles, nosebag (slang), vittles (obsolete or dialect), viands a restaurant which serves fine wines and posh nosh

2. meal, repast We went for a nosh at our local Indian restaurant.

verb

1. eat, consume, scoff (slang), devour, feed on, munch, gobble, partake of, wolf down, hoover (informal) Guests mingled in the gardens, sipped wine, and noshed at cabaret tables. sipping enormous bowls of frothy cappuccino and noshing huge slabs of carrot cake

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Translations

mampfen

cuistance

cibo

nosh

[nɒʃ]

A. N (Brit) → comida f, papeo m, manduca f (Sp)
nosh up! → ¡a comer!

B. VI → comer, papear

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nosh

[ˈnɒʃ]

(British) (= food, grub) → bouffe fno-show [ˌnəʊˈʃəʊ] n → défection fnosh-up [ˈnɒʃʌp] n (British) → bouffe f

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nosh

(Brit sl)

n (= food) → Futter nt (inf); (= meal) → Schmaus m; to have some nosh → was essen or futtern (inf)

vi → futtern (inf)

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nosh

[nɒʃ] n (Brit) (fam) → cibo

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