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nosh

  [nosh] Informal.
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–verb (used without object)
1. to snack or eat between meals.
–verb (used with object)
2. to snack on: They noshed peanuts and cookies while watching television.
–noun
3. a snack.
Origin:
1955–60; < Yiddish nashn; MHG naschen, OHG nascōn to nibble, gnaw; c. Dan naske, Sw snaska
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nosh   (nŏsh)   
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.

[Yiddish nash, from nashn, to eat sweets, nibble on, from Middle High German naschen, to nibble, from Old High German hnascōn.]
nosh'er n.
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Slang Dictionary
nosh [nɑʃ]

  1. n.
    a snack. (From German via Yiddish.) : I don't want a nosh. I need a whole meal.
  2. in.
    to snack. : Every time I see you, you're noshing.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

nosh  (v.)
1957, from Yiddish nashn "nibble," from M.H.G. naschen, from O.H.G. hnascon, nascon "to nibble," from P.Gmc. *khnaskwajanan. Earlier as a noun (1917) meaning "a restaurant," short for nosh-house.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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