a nomination for an honour, award, etc

she isn't the only star to receive an Oscar nom for her first feature film role

nominate for an honour, award, etc.

Inception was nommed for an Oscar but lost out to The King's Speech

used to express pleasure at eating, or at the prospect of eating

chili and cornbread for dinner, nom nom!

I love pizza. Nom nom nom

Try the mac and cheese! Nom!

tempura shrimp, lettuce, cucumber, spicy mayo—om nom nom

food

there were all kinds of nom noms—onion rings, hot dogs, burgers, and fries

a Mexican restaurant that serves noms like sweet potato empanadas

eat (something), typically with great enjoyment

I nommed all my pizza before I remembered to take a picture

the first sighting of a leatherback turtle in Dorset—it's nomming a jellyfish, as they do

I just nom-nommed the kettle chips you brought me

we nommed on stir-fry and then ordered several desserts

an assumed name under which a person engages in combat or some other activity or enterprise

some gave themselves fierce noms de guerre like ‘Rambo’

every salesperson has a nom de guerre