Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nosh

/nɑʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English

Syllables
nosh
IPA
/nɑʃ/
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Food.

British usage; Countable; Dated; Slang; Uncountable

noun

A light meal or snack.

American usage; Countable; Dated; Slang; Uncountable

noun

Fellatio.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To eat a snack or light meal.

Dated; Intransitive verb; Slang

verb

To perform fellatio (on); to blow.

intj

An ironic response to a statement of the obvious.

Australian usage; Slang

Example Sentences

Etymology

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: נאַשן, naschen, naskōn, *hnaskwōn

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /nɑʃ/
  • British English: /nɒʃ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

noshes (plural) noshes (present, singular) noshing (participle, present) noshed (participle, past) noshed (past)

Derived Forms

noshery

Phrases

nosh-up posh nosh nosh up nosh off

Frequently Paired Words

nosh up nosher nosh off

Synonyms

no shit no shit, Sherlock snack

Rhymes With

wash josh gosh squash posh moustache bosh tosh awash quash mosh brioche

Questions

How do you pronounce nosh?
The recorded pronunciation is /nɑʃ/.
What does nosh mean?
Food.
Where does nosh come from?
It is traced to Yiddish.

How to pronounce nosh

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