to nom
- verb
- /nɑm/
- Slang
- They also have a hidden message underneath nom nom nom nom and this one says tada.
Examples
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I mean, cookies for breakfast 'cause I don't give em Nom nom, nom, nom nom nom.
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Oh, oh, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom nom nom.
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And we'll see what Nina gets hungry for so we can nom, nom, nom eat down.
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If you like a tactile sensation in the mouth, it'd be pretty fun to nom on nom on my nipple.
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After a long hike, we sat down and started to nom on our sandwiches with great enthusiasm.
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The kids rushed to the table and began to nom on the cookies their mother baked.
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I can't wait to nom on that delicious pizza once it arrives!
Synonyms
Put food or drink into your mouth, chew it and swallow it
To eat a lot quickly until you feel too full
To bite or chew food loudly with big jaw movements
Eat a quick meal when you are busy or in a hurry
To eat food quickly and eagerly
To start eating eagerly, often at a shared meal
To eat something quickly and eagerly
To eat food quickly and noisily without chewing properly
To eat something while chewing loudly and enjoying it
To eat food quickly because you are very hungry
To eat small amounts of food between meals
To drink or eat something very quickly, often without pausing
Eat food very quickly when you are very hungry
To eat a lot of food very quickly
To eat a lot of food eagerly
Eat all the food very quickly
Enjoy something a lot, like a show or tasty food
To eat a lot of food quickly while enjoying it
To eat small amounts of food quickly and casually
To eat a lot of food very fast without stopping
To eat too much food in a greedy way
Antonyms
Compounds
How Fast
Surface Forms
Etymology
Nom as a verb comes from the joking sound 'nom nom' people use to show eating with pleasure, so to nom something is to eat it eagerly or happily. That's why people say they will nom a snack when they mean they will enjoy eating it.