num num

plural num nums

1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of num-num.

   This day, however, she was late. The cat knew it was past time for a num num.

   2014, Janet Cantrell, chapter 7, in Fat Cat at Large, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Prime Crime, →ISBN, page 58

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   “Sometimes you get a dog who is a glutton,” said Steve Appelbaum, 28, who joined Steinberg, 38, to form the business four years ago. “Let’s face it, a ‘num num’ is more desirable than a pat on the head.”

   1989 January 26, R. Daniel Foster, “Educating Fido: Dog Trainers, the Lords of Discipline, Use Praise to Win Canine Obedience”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2026

   R[ebecca]: Got. M[other]: Got what? R: Num Num. M: Piece – piece of num num. Piece of bacon. R: Yeah.

   1992, David Nunan, “[Interaction analysis] Questions and tasks”, in Research Methods in Language Learning (Cambridge Language Teaching Library), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 178