different between nosh vs nosebag

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)

1. (slang) Food; a light meal or snack.
2. (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)

1. (slang, intransitive, usually with on) To eat a snack or light meal.

2. (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

English

Alternative forms

• nose-bag
• nose bag

Etymology

nose +? bag.

Noun

nosebag (plural nosebags)

1. A round sack or bag to feed for a horse, mule, ox or alike animal. Usually made of canvas sides and leather bottom slipped over the nose and attached to harness my a strong strap, rope or string. Design to feed animal in public areas and to eliminate spillage from eating.

   Synonym: feedbag

2. (informal) Food.

   Synonyms: scran, nosh, grub, bait; see also Thesaurus:food

3. (informal) A nosy person. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Translations

References

• nosebag in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.