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num-num

num-num noun: tasty food.

Noun

num-num (countable and uncountable, plural num-nums)

  1. (childish) Tasty food.
    • She moved off, calling, "Pussykins? Don't 'oo want some num-nums?"2009 June 23, Bruce Hale, Fat Cat of Underwhere, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 74

Forms of num-num

pluralnum-nums
alternative formnum num

Origin of num-num

Imitative of the sound of eating: see num.

Questions about num-num

What does num-num mean?
Num-num means tasty food.
What part of speech is num-num?
Num-num is a noun.
What is the plural of num-num?
The plural of num-num is num-nums.

Words near num-num in the dictionary

  1. num locks
  2. num num
  3. num nums
  4. num-chuk
  5. num-chuks
  6. num-num
  7. num-nums
  8. num.
  9. Numa
  10. Numan
  11. Numancia

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