nosh

nosh  (nsh) Informal

n.

A snack or light meal.

intr.v. noshed, nosh·ing, nosh·es

To eat a snack or light meal: noshed on a bagel between classes.

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[Yiddish nash, from nashn, to eat sweets, nibble on, from Middle High German naschen, to nibble, from Old High German hnascn.]

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nosher n.

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nosh Brit, Austral & NZ slang

Noun

food

Verb

to eat [Yiddish]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	nosh - (Yiddish) a snack or light meal       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 collation, snack, bite - a light informal meal
Verb	1.	nosh - eat a snack; eat lightly; "She never loses weight because she snacks between meals" snack eat - eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation" browse, graze - eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing"

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nosh (Slang)

noun 1. food, eats (slang) fare, grub (slang) feed, tack (informal) scoff (slang) kai N.Z. (informal) chow (informal) sustenance, victuals, comestibles, nosebag (slang) vittles (obsolete), (dialect) viands

2. meal, repast

verb 3. eat, consume, scoff (slang) devour, feed on, munch, gobble, partake of, wolf down