noun / verb
nosh
NAHSH/nɑːʃ/
A snack or light meal, or eating one.
He noshes on a cracker from a small snack plate.
Etymology
Yiddish nashn means to nibble, making small-scale eating central to the word. English uses it for snacking or eating between meals.
More examples
- We stop for a quick nosh before the movie.
- I pack a little nosh for the train ride.
- She likes to nosh on grapes while she cooks.
Forms
nosh · noshes · noshed · noshing