nosh

N1O1S1H4
US/nɑʃ/UK/nɒʃ/

noun

Food.

“They were noshing on fruit.”

Similar
no shitno shit, Sherlocksnack
OriginYiddish נאַשן ← Middle High German naschen ← Old High German naskōn →
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Meanings

nosh1

nounnosh (countable and uncountable, plural noshes)

plural noshes

  1. UKcountabledatedslanguncountableFood.
  2. UScountabledatedslanguncountableA light meal or snack.
  3. PolaricountableuncountableFellatio.
verbnosh (third-person singular simple present noshes, present participle noshing, simple past and past participle noshed)

present singular third person noshes · participle present noshing · participle past noshed · past noshed

  1. datedintransitiveslangusuallywith onTo eat a snack or light meal.

    They were noshing on fruit.

  2. PolariTo perform fellatio (on); to blow.

nosh2

interjection
  1. AustraliasarcasticslangAn ironic response to a statement of the obvious.

    Synonyms: no shit, no shit, Sherlock

Synonyms & antonyms

interjectionAn ironic response to a statement of the obvious.

Similar
no shitno shit, Sherlock

More synonyms by meaning

verbeat a snack; eat lightly

Similar
snack
Broader
eat
Also see
fellatiofoodnosebagpiecesnack

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

nosh · noun, verb

  1. Proto-West Germanic*hnaskwōn“to weaken; make soft; tenderise”
  2. Old High Germannaskōn“to nibble; parasite”
  3. Middle High Germannaschen“nibble”
  4. Yiddishנאַשן
  5. Englishnosh

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.

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nosh · interjection

Abbrevation of no shit.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with nosh

washjoshgoshmoustachecoshmoshboshawashcohoshswashfroshquashdoshbriocheclocheguillochekiboshdownwashcloshgâchegaloshmusquashskoshsplosh
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Anagrams

Shon
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APA

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MLA

“nosh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nosh. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nosh,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nosh.

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