repast. He proclaimed it a splendid repast. blowout (slang) collation. nosh-up (informal)
In the USA "What's up for dinner?" means: "What are we doing for dinner?" -so- It has multiple meanings. It means "What are we eating?" and "Where are we eating?" and "Who are we eating with?" One may also hear: "What's up WITH dinner?"
Chow. Meaning: (Noun) Chow is an informal term for a meal used in certain English-speaking countries. It is often used in Australia as slang for dinner.
Dinner and supper are both used to refer to the main meal of the day, and especially to that meal as eaten in the evening. Supper is used especially when the meal is an informal one eaten at home, while dinner tends to be the term chosen when the meal is more formal.
Grub – is slang for food and comes from the old English word meaning 'dig'.
Someone who regularly eats a lot may be said to eat like a horse: He's incredibly thin and yet he eats like a horse. Meanwhile, a person who eats very little is sometimes said to eat like a bird. The kids put away three packets of cookies in one evening.
The evening meal is usually called 'tea', 'dinner' or 'supper'. What is a traditional British Dinner? A typical British meal for dinner is "meat and two veg".
Wikipedia explains that while most Americans use 'dinner' and 'supper' interchangeably, the two words can also make a distinction between a light, informal late-evening meal eaten with family (supper), and a grander affair (dinner). Like a dinner party — imagine inviting friends over for a 'supper party'.
Early bird dinner is a dinner served earlier than traditional dinner hours, particularly at a restaurant. Many establishments offer a seating prior to their main dinner seating with a reduced price menu, often more limited in selection than the standard dinner menu.
Fancy something = want, desire, or like something. I also teach you some Australian English pronunciation where we contract "Would you..." and "Do you..." using assimilation/connected speech.
Workers' Compensation pay. Counter lunch / meal : pub lunch. Cozzie : swimming costume.
The terminology around eating in the UK is still confusing. For some "lunch" is "dinner" and vice versa. From the Roman times to the Middle Ages everyone ate in the middle of the day, but it was called dinner and was the main meal of the day.
Oddly enough, the word dinner comes from the 11th century Old French word disner, which meant “to eat breakfast.” As the word was absorbed into English as dinner, it came to refer to the “main” meal of the day, the timing of which changed over the centuries.
Supper, if eaten at all (the Romans believed it was healthier to only eat once a day), was an informal meal eaten quickly before dark. In fact, it was often soup: the word supper comes from the French word souper, and is also related to the German and Scandinavian words for soup, suppe and suppa.
Some people in Britain and Australia refer to their main evening meal as "tea" rather than "dinner" or "supper", but generally, with the exception of Scotland and Northern England, "tea" refers to a light meal or a snack.
Dinner is a heavy, full meal that can be eaten either at home or out in a restaurant. Supper is a lighter, more informal meal eaten at home. It usually complements a large meal consumed earlier in the day.
Across England as a whole, the majority (57%) call it “dinner”, while just over a third (36%) opt for “tea”. The remainder either call it something else (including 5% who say “supper”) or answered “don't know”.
Some common synonyms of gourmet are epicure, gastronome, and gourmand. While all these words mean "one who takes pleasure in eating and drinking," gourmet implies being a connoisseur in food and drink and the discriminating enjoyment of them.
Peckish - to be a little hungry. This is a casual word, mostly used in British English. "There's some biscuits here if you are feeling peckish."
Roasty is Cockney Rhyming Slang for Roast potato or roast dinner!
Let's dig in (or 'dig in') Enjoy your meal (or 'enjoy') Hope you enjoy what we've made for you. Bon appetit.
HJs/Hungry Jacks: Burger King.
Australian and New Zealand English uses "chips" both for what North Americans call french fries and for what Britons call crisps. When confusion would occur between the two meanings, "hot chips" and "cold chips" are used.