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real nosher

real nosher

9.1
A person who often eats small snacks between meals
  • noun
  • Informal
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  • Her dad is a real nosher who keeps the pantry stocked with chips and crackers.

Examples

  • Ever since college, I’ve been a real nosher, always having popcorn or fruit on hand.

  • If you’re a real nosher, you’ll love these healthy snack recipes.

  • My brother is a real nosher.

  • Are you a real nosher too?

  • Ever since college, I’ve been a real nosher, always having popcorn or fruit on hand.

  • Her dad is a real nosher who keeps the pantry stocked with chips and crackers.

  • If you’re a real nosher, you’ll love these healthy snack recipes.

Synonyms

snacker
vsreal nosher
1 2.7

A person who often eats small amounts of food between meals

enjoys snacks more for pleasure than as a light meal choice
grazer
vsreal nosher
1 4.9

A person who eats small amounts of food many times a day

enjoys snacks and prefers pleasurable snacking over continuous small eating
nosher
vsreal nosher
  • Informal
1 9.6

A person who eats small snacks between meals

enjoys snacks and often eats between meals for pleasure

How Often

real nosher
  • Informal
9.1
snacker
1 2.7
nosher
  • Informal
1 9.6

Surface Forms

real nosher singular
real noshers plural

Morphology

real + nosher

The phrase combines the intensifier 'real' (very/truly) with 'nosher' (someone who snacks), so its overall meaning — someone who genuinely or frequently snacks — is directly derivable from the parts. The composition follows a regular English pattern (intensifier + noun) and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both words would understand it.

Etymology

Real nosher comes from the small word nosh, which means a quick snack, and nosher is someone who often eats those little bites. So, real nosher means 'a person who especially enjoys eating snacks'.