Meaning & use

Noshed

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Ate food casually, especially a snack or light meal (past tense of "nosh").

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We noshed on cheese and crackers while waiting for dinner to be ready.

She noshed a handful of almonds between meetings.

A note on using this word

"Nosh" comes from Yiddish "nashn", meaning to nibble; it entered informal English in the early 20th century.

Words with a similar meaning

snackedmunchednibbled

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Words with an opposite meaning

fasted

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