nosh

== English == === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /nɑʃ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nɒʃ/ Rhymes: -ɒʃ === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Noun ==== nosh (countable and uncountable, plural noshes) (slang, UK) Food. (slang, US) A light meal or snack. (Polari) Fellatio. ===== Derived terms ===== (food): noshery (“restaurant”), nosh-up, posh nosh ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== nosh (third-person singular simple present noshes, present participle noshing, simple past and past participle noshed) (slang, intransitive, usually with on) To eat a snack or light meal. (Polari) To perform fellatio (on); to blow. ===== Related terms ===== (to eat): nosh up (“meal; feast”), nosher (to fellate): nosh off ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Abbrevation of no shit. ==== Interjection ==== nosh (slang, Australia, sarcastic) An ironic response to a statement of the obvious. Synonyms: no shit; no shit, Sherlock === Further reading === Eric Partridge (2005), “nosh”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 2 (J–Z), London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 1385. === Anagrams === Hons, Shon, Nohs, NOHs, hons == Narragansett == === Noun === nòsh possessed form of osh: my father ==== Further reading ==== Roger Williams (1643), A Key into the Language of America, London: Gregory Dexter, →OCLC, page 28