a small ball of fried cornmeal dough
Origin of hush puppy
from uncertain or unknown; perhapshush puppy
hush puppy hush puppy
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hush puppy
or hush·pup·py
noun
A small, round or slightly oblong cake of cornmeal fried in deep fat.
Origin of hush puppy
Perhaps from their having been used as snacks for dogs to quiet them while a meal was being eatenTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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