num-num

noun

Tasty food.

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Meanings

nounnum-num (countable and uncountable, plural num-nums)

plural num-nums · alternative num num

  1. childishcountableuncountableTasty food.

    She moved off, calling, "Pussykins? Don't 'oo want some num-nums?"

    2009 June 23, Bruce Hale, Fat Cat of Underwhere, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 74

Origin

Imitative of the sound of eating: see num.

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Translations

French miam-miam
  • miam-miamtasty food
Polish mniam, mniam
  • mniam, mniamtasty food
Swedish namnam
  • namnamtasty food
Cite this entry
APA

num-num. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/num-num

MLA

“num-num.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/num-num. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “num-num,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/num-num.

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