nosh

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   from Yiddish, a snack or light meal

   Let's grab a nosh at the kiosk.

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.

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