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nosh-up

nosh-up

9.8
A large satisfying meal shared with friends or family
  • noun
  • /ˈnɒʃ ʌp/
  • UK
translation icon : comida abundante
  • We invited friends over for a Sunday nosh-up with roast beef and all the trimmings.

Examples

  • After the long hike, they treated themselves to a hearty nosh-up at the local pub.

  • Nothing beats a proper nosh-up on a cold winter's evening.

  • What a great nosh-up!

  • We had a big nosh-up at the family reunion.

  • After the long hike, they treated themselves to a hearty nosh-up at the local pub.

  • We invited friends over for a Sunday nosh-up with roast beef and all the trimmings.

  • Nothing beats a proper nosh-up on a cold winter's evening.

Antonyms

snack
471 1.0

Food you eat between meals, like fruit or chips

How Filling

feast
162 1.9
nosh-up
  • UK
9.8
snack
471 1.0

Surface Forms

nosh-up singular
nosh-ups plural

Morphology

nosh-up = nosh + up (semi-transparent) = nosh + up

Formed from the informal verb/ noun 'nosh' plus the particle 'up' to denote an eating event; the slangy nature of 'nosh' and the particle use of 'up' may not be fully transparent to learners.

Etymology

Nosh-up comes from Yiddish nashn, which means 'to nibble' or 'to eat small things' and is like the English word nibble. Over time, adding '-up' to nosh made the idea bigger, so a nosh-up is a large, hearty meal often enjoyed with others.