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nosh

nosh [ nosh ]


noun  (plural nosh·es)
Definition:
 
food 
Same as  snackn (sense 1)




transitive and intransitive verb  (past and past participle noshed, present participle nosh·ing, 3rd person present singular nosh·es)
Definition:
 
eat something: to eat something, especially a snack between meals

[Early 20th century. Via Yiddish nashen "to nibble" < Middle High German naschen]

nosh·er noun
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