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Definition of hush puppies in English: hush puppiesplural noun 1trademark Lightweight casual shoes made of soft suede or leather. Example sentencesExamples - Pinstriped oxford shirt, brown hush puppies and wire frame glasses adorned this man who also looked in his mid thirties.
- He removed her hushpuppies and replaced each of them with a white in-line skate.
- The hush puppies are very comfy.
2US Small cakes of maize dough which are quickly deep-fried. Example sentencesExamples - Breaking open a hush puppy, the boy seemed embarrassed yet proud of his grandfather's praise.
- They have the smoothness of a beignet, the heft of a hush puppy, and they're spiced with cayenne pepper and little shreds of Italian ham.
- In the southern states catfish fillets are usually dredged in cornmeal and fried, to be served with hush puppy and coleslaw.
- Quenelles are more appropriate to a fine-dining dinner plate than the classic spoon-dropped hush puppy, but the winning recipe was too moist to hold a quenelle shape.
Definition of hush puppies in US English: hush puppiesplural nounˈhəʃ ˌpəpiz US Small cakes of cornmeal dough that are quickly deep-fried. Example sentencesExamples - Quenelles are more appropriate to a fine-dining dinner plate than the classic spoon-dropped hush puppy, but the winning recipe was too moist to hold a quenelle shape.
- In the southern states catfish fillets are usually dredged in cornmeal and fried, to be served with hush puppy and coleslaw.
- They have the smoothness of a beignet, the heft of a hush puppy, and they're spiced with cayenne pepper and little shreds of Italian ham.
- Breaking open a hush puppy, the boy seemed embarrassed yet proud of his grandfather's praise.
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