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05-12-2015, 12:05 PM
\ nosh \ , verb;
1.
To snack or eat between meals.

2.
To snack on.

noun: 1.
A snack.



Quotes:
“Here are more munchies for you to nosh on. I know you're probably hungry.” Vincent added a platter of scrumptious fried calamari to the table.
-- Jessica Speart, Black Delta Night

"You got anything to nosh on?" "We're going to a good restaurant; leave your appetite alone."
-- William Goldman, Boys and Girls Together



Origin:
Nosh stems from the Yiddish word nashn from the German word meaning "to nibble." It entered English in the 1950s.