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  • noun southern US A small deep-fried corn-meal cake.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun deep-fried cornbread ball (southern)

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Examples

  • As my grandfather came out to the deep fryer with a bowl of hushpuppy batter and started spooning it into the same grease where we had already fried the crappie and fries my cousin's wife looked on with big eyes and said, "Good God! They're even frying the bread!"

    Why Southern Flour Makes the Best Biscuits 2009

  • As my grandfather came out to the deep fryer with a bowl of hushpuppy batter and started spooning it into the same grease where we had already fried the crappie and fries my cousin's wife looked on with big eyes and said, "Good God! They're even frying the bread!"

    Why Southern Flour Makes the Best Biscuits 2009

  • I think this should be, “I think I just threw up in my mouth a little!” or “shut my mouth hushpuppy!”

    INVISIBLE HARMONICA - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2007

  • There were also surprising flavor combinations and textures, like the vanilla that infused a fried cube of corn gelatin my friend called it a "hushpuppy on acid" that exploded with juices in your mouth.

    in praise of Manresa 2005

  • His flowing black cape, which appeared to have a perverse relationship with his arms, obscured his clothing, save for his ruffled shirt and his hushpuppy loafers.

    An East Wind Coming Cover, Arthur Byron 1979

  • Some places do coconut shrimp that's more like a shrimp hidden inside a coconut hushpuppy, but these were delicate and perfectly cooked.

    All Stories 2011

  • We also like to have local products like Aunt Ruby's peanuts, which are crunchy like candy and so good, and corn meal and hushpuppy mix from the Old Mill at Guilford.

    Local News from Wilmington Star News 2010

  • The ribs arrived, with beans and rice on the side and another hushpuppy.

    Arbiter Online 2009

  • Chef Roland's Cajun Cooking is bringing Cajun to Boise one hushpuppy at a time.

    Arbiter Online 2009

  • A dark steamy soup with rice arrived at the table with a large cornbread ball, or hushpuppy on top.

    Arbiter Online 2009

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  • Southern, eh? I'd never have guessed...

    January 12, 2008

  • Absolutely, yarb. See also hush puppies.

    January 12, 2008