as in munching
informal
to eat food
—usually + on
We noshed on chips.
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Recent Examples of noshing
Later, back on land, the couple dined at a table overlooking the Miami River, noshing on Greek fare and dancing until late night.
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2025
Alternatively, pack into a sandwich bag or tupperware, for effortless noshing on-the-go.
—Laura Solla, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2025
Alternatively, pack into a sandwich bag or tupperware, for effortless noshing on-the-go.
—Laura Solla, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for noshing
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Certain sea turtles, for example, independently evolved seagrass-munching adaptations multiple times across different epochs.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Oct. 2025
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The apple-munching Euphoria actor slipped into Tilda Swinton’s plush period dress from the ravishing 1992 drama, joined by Jeff Goldblum, Wicked’s wizard himself, in sparkly Gucci.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
27 Oct. 2025
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Nutrient-rich agricultural runoff and sewage cause huge algal blooms, and when these algae die and sink, bacteria bloom in turn, consuming so much oxygen that few other organisms survive at lower depths.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2025
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Other methods use enzymes to isolate cells, but those procedures are time consuming and can threaten useful cell characteristics.—
Perri Thaler,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Noshing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noshing. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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