nosh
/nɑʃ/noun, verb, interjection
nosh is spelled N-O-S-H: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 75,877th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, nosh means “Food” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of nosh is noshes.
How many letters and syllables are in nosh?
| Letters | 4: N-O-S-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 75,877th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is nosh?
Nosh appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 75,877th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce nosh?
- US /nɑʃ/
- UK /nɒʃ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-nosh.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with nosh?
11 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as nosh from its last stressed vowel (/ɑʃ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of nosh
- noshes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- noshing participle, present
- noshed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nosh mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKdatedslangFood.
- 2
USdatedslangA light meal or snack.
- 3
Fellatio.
verb
- 1
datedslangTo eat a snack or light meal.
They were noshing on fruit.
- 2
To perform fellatio (on); to blow.
interjection
- 1
AustraliaslangAn ironic response to a statement of the obvious.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does nosh come from?
From Yiddish נאַשן (nashn), from Middle High German naschen (“nibble”) (which is also the parent of German naschen), from Old High German naskōn (“to nibble; parasite”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnaskwōn (“to weaken; make soft; tenderise”). Doublet of nesh.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).