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hush puppy
hush puppy or hush·pup·py (hŭsh′pŭp′ē)n. A small, round or slightly oblong cake of cornmeal fried in deep fat.
[Perhaps from their having been used as snacks for dogs to quiet them while a meal was being eaten.]hush′ pup`py
n. Southern U.S. a small deep-fried ball of cornmeal dough. [1915–20, Amer.; allegedly so called because such cakes were fed to dogs to keep them from begging for scraps] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | hush puppy - deep-fried cornbread ball (southern)hushpuppycornbread - bread made primarily of cornmeal |
hush puppy
Synonyms for hush puppynoun deep-fried cornbread ball (southern)SynonymsRelated Words |