different between nosh vs nost

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

Latvian

Adverb

nost

1. away

   Rokas nost!

   Hands off!

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English n?st, second person singular indicative of Old English nytan (“to not know”).

Contraction

nost

1. Contraction of ne wost; wost not; knowest not.

   þu nost wanne crist ure drikte

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

References

• “witen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.