nosh

Meaning

• to snack
• to eat something casually or in small amounts
• a snack or tasty bite to eat

Alternate spellings

nash, nosch, gnosh

Usage and context

Used as both a verb and a noun. As a verb, it usually means to snack or eat something casually rather than sit down for a full meal. As a noun, a nosh is a snack or small amount of tasty food.

Example in Yeshivish

We can nosh on something before we leave.

Plain-English example

We can have a snack before we leave.