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nosh
English
Etymology
From Yiddish ?????? (nashn), from Middle High German naschen (“nibble”) (which is also the parent of German naschen), from Old High German nask?n (“to nibble; parasite”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnaskw?n (“to weaken; make soft; tenderise”). Doublet of nesh.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /n??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /n??/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
nosh (countable and uncountable, plural noshes)
- (slang) Food; a light meal or snack.
- (Polari) Fellatio.
Derived terms
- (food): noshery (“restaurant”)
Translations
Verb
nosh (third-person singular simple present noshes, present participle noshing, simple past and past participle noshed)
- (slang, intransitive, usually with on) To eat a snack or light meal.
- (Polari) To perform fellatio (on); to blow.
Related terms
- (to eat): nosh up (“meal; feast”)
- (to fellate): nosh off
Translations
Anagrams
- Hons, NOHs, Nohs, Shon
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nesh
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n??/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
From Middle English nesh, nesch, nesche, from Old English hnes?e, hnys?e, hnæs?e (“soft, tender, mild; weak, delicate; slack, negligent; effeminate, wanton”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnaskw?, from Proto-Germanic *hnaskuz (“soft, tender”), from Proto-Indo-European *kn?s-, *kenes- (“to scratch, scrape, rub”). Cognate with Scots nesch, nesh (“soft, tender, yielding easily to pressure, sensitive”), Dutch nesch, nes (“wet, moist”), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (hnasqus, “soft, tender, delicate”). Compare also nask, nasky, nasty.
Alternative forms
- nish (Newfoundland English)
Adjective
nesh (comparative nesher, superlative neshest)
- (now Britain dialectal) Soft; tender; sensitive; yielding.
- (now Britain dialectal) Delicate; weak; poor-spirited; susceptible to cold weather, harsh conditions etc.
- 1887, Thomas Hardy, The Woodlanders, Chapter 4:
- And if he keeps the daughter so long at boarding-school, he'll make her as nesh as her mother was.
- 1913, D. H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Chapter 8:
- No, tha'd drop down stiff, as dead as a door-knob, wi' thy nesh sides.
- 1887, Thomas Hardy, The Woodlanders, Chapter 4:
- (now Britain dialectal) Soft; friable; crumbly.
Usage notes
- This is a fairly widespread dialect term throughout Northern England, North Wales and the Midlands.
Derived terms
- neshen
- neshness
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English neschen, from Old English hnes?an, hnes?ian (“to make soft, soften; become soft, give way, waver”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnaskw?n (“to make soft”), from Proto-Indo-European *kn?s-, *kenes- (“to scratch, scrape, rub”). Cognate with Old High German nasc?n ("to nibble at, parasitise, squander"; > German naschen (“to nibble, pinch”)). Doublet of nosh.
Verb
nesh (third-person singular simple present neshes, present participle neshing, simple past and past participle neshed)
- (transitive) To make soft, tender, or weak.
- (intransitive, dialectal, Northern England) To act timidly.
Anagrams
- NHEs, Shen, hens
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