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]

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hush puppy - deep-fried cornbread ball (southern)hushpuppycornbread - bread made primarily of cornmeal

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noun deep-fried cornbread ball (southern)

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