nosh off
C1 informal separable transitive
In simple words
To eat a snack or a quick bite of food.
Meanings
1 C1 informal
(British informal) To eat something quickly and casually, as a snack.
"She nosed off the last of the biscuits while waiting for the kettle to boil."
Grammar: separable
2 C1
idiomatic
slang
(British vulgar slang) To perform oral sex. Learners should avoid this usage unless very familiar with context.
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
British slang. 'Nosh' alone already means food or to eat informally. 'Nosh off' is very colloquial and relatively rare. Note: in some British slang contexts 'nosh off' has a vulgar sexual meaning — learners should be aware of this and use with care.
Commonly used with
sandwich snack biscuit leftovers something bit
Forms
Base
nosh off
I/you/we/they
3rd person
noshes off
he/she/it
Past simple
noshed off
yesterday
Past participle
noshed off
have + pp
-ing form
noshing off
continuous
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