- hush puppy
- noun Etymology: from its occasional use as food for dogs Date: circa 1918 chiefly Southern & southern Midland cornmeal dough shaped into small balls and fried in deep fat — usually used in plural
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
hush puppy
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Hush Puppy — Hush Puppies steht für: Basset Hound, eine Hunderasse Hushpuppy maismehlbasiertes Nahrungsmittel (USA) Hush Puppies (Schuhe) Hush Puppy (TV) TV Figur (Lamb Chop s Play Along). HushPuppies französische Indie Band … Deutsch Wikipedia
hush puppy — hush ,puppy noun count a small cake made of CORNMEAL (=a type of flour) cooked in oil that people eat in the southern U.S … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hush puppy — ☆ hush puppy n. [< ?] a small ball of fried cornmeal dough … English World dictionary
hush puppy — hush′ pup py n. coo Southern U.S. a small deep fried ball of cornmeal dough • Etymology: 1915–20, amer.; allegedly so called because such cakes were fed to dogs to keep them from begging for scraps … From formal English to slang
hush puppy — Chiefly Southern U.S. a small, unsweetened cake or ball of cornmeal dough fried in deep fat. [1915 20, Amer.; allegedly so called because such cakes were fed to dogs to keep them from begging for scraps while other dishes were cooked] * * * … Universalium
hush puppy — noun US maize bread which has been quickly deep fried … English new terms dictionary
hush puppy — noun (C) a small fried cake made of maize flour eaten in the southern states of the US … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
hush puppy — n. cornmeal dumpling that is deep fried … English slang
hush puppy — noun deep fried cornbread ball (southern) • Syn: ↑hushpuppy • Hypernyms: ↑cornbread … Useful english dictionary
hush-puppy — … Useful english dictionary
