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🍔 Food or eating 🏆 A nomination 😋 To eat
nom

nom

1 9.9
Playful slang for food, used online and in speech
  • noun
  • /nɑm/
  • Slang
translation icon : comida
  • NOM NOM NOM.

Examples

  • That nom nom though.

    The Suicide Squad (2021)

  • Nom, nom...

    Coraline (2009)

  • Nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom.

  • Nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom, nom.

  • Nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom.

  • Good luck and Yum Yum nom nom nom nom nom nom nom.

  • And this guy tries a sandwich and he's like, man, this sandwich is nom, right?

  • Monster is nom nom!

    The Suicide Squad (2021)

  • OM NOM NOM indeed!

    Blog text (22)

  • I can't wait to eat dinner; it looks so delicious, nom!

Synonyms

eats
vsnom
  • Informal
7.9

Food or a meal, often mentioned in informal speech

is playfully slangy and often used online to mean eating

Antonyms

to fast
58 4.6

To not eat or drink for a time

Compounds

nom de plume
  • Literature
3 8.2

A name an author uses instead of their real name

nom de guerre
3 9.9

A fake name someone uses to hide their real name

nom de clavier
  • Jargon
9.9

A name someone uses online instead of their real name

How Informal

nom
  • Slang
1 9.9
chow
  • Informal
46 8.2
grub
  • Informal
42 7.5
food
∞ 1.0
fare
43 3.7

Surface Forms

nom singular
noms plural

Etymology

Nom comes from the playful eating sound 'nom nom' that people write online or in cartoons to show enjoying food. So nom became a fun, easy word for tasty food and is easy to remember because it sounds like eating.