NOSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nosh mean? 

• NOSH (noun)
  The noun NOSH has 1 sense:

1. (Yiddish) a snack or light meal

  Familiarity information: NOSH used as a noun is very rare.

• NOSH (verb)
  The verb NOSH has 1 sense:

1. eat a snack; eat lightly

  Familiarity information: NOSH used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NOSH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Yiddish) a snack or light meal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("nosh" is a kind of...):

bite; collation; snack (a light informal meal)

Domain category:

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)

Derivation:

nosh (eat a snack; eat lightly)

• NOSH (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they nosh    ... he / she / it noshes   
Past simple: noshed   
Past participle: noshed   
-ing form: noshing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Eat a snack; eat lightly

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

nosh; snack

Context example:

She never loses weight because she snacks between meals

Hypernyms (to "nosh" is one way to...):

eat (eat a meal; take a meal)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "nosh"):

browse; graze (eat lightly, try different dishes)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue nosh

Derivation:

nosh ((Yiddish) a snack or light meal)

nosher (someone who eats lightly or eats snacks between meals)