knish
[ knish ]
/ knɪʃ /
noun Jewish Cookery.
a fried or baked turnover or roll of dough with a filling, as of meat, kasha, or potato, often eaten as an appetizer or snack.
Origin of knish
1925–30; < Yiddish < Polish
knysz
Words nearby knish
Example sentences from the Web for knish
He should save himself the airfare and get himself photographed eating a knish.
Digging into my parting gift of knish gelato, I decided to abandon my literal interpretation of the blind pairing.
Be Meat and Drink: A Conceptual Performance at Allegra LaViola Gallery |Lizzie Crocker |April 15, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for knish
knish
/ (knɪʃ) /
noun
a piece of dough stuffed with potato, meat, or some other filling and baked or fried
Word Origin for knish
Yiddish, from Russian
knysh cake; compare Polish
knysz