churro

[ choo r-oh; Spanish choor-raw ]
/ ˈtʃʊər oʊ; Spanish ˈtʃur rɔ /

noun, plural chur·ros [choo r-ohz; Spanish choor-raws] /ˈtʃʊər oʊz; Spanish ˈtʃur rɔs/. Mexican Cookery.

a long, slender, deep-fried pastry resembling a cruller.

Origin of churro

1885–90, Americanism; < Spanish, perhaps after dial. churro name for the inhabitants of the mountainous parts of Valencia (literally, a kind of coarse-wooled sheep), the approximate area where the pastry originated

Words nearby churro

churn out, churning, churr, churrasco, churrigueresque, churro, chuse, chute, chute the chute, chute-the-chute, chutist

Example sentences from the Web for churro

  • Lester stood among them, eating a churro in a piece of wax-paper.

    Makers |Cory Doctorow

  • I took my churro from the pretty granny and paid her, taking a couple of quick bites of the dough before I turned around.

    Little Brother |Cory Doctorow