piñata
[ peen-yah-tuh, pin-yah-; Spanish pee-nyah-tah ]
/ pinˈyɑ tə, pɪnˈyɑ-; Spanish piˈnyɑ tɑ /
noun, plural pi·ña·tas [peen-yah-tuh z, pin-yah-; Spanish pee-nyah-tahs] /pinˈyɑ təz, pɪnˈyɑ-; Spanish piˈnyɑ tɑs/.
(in Mexico and Central America) a gaily decorated crock or papier-mâché figure filled with toys, candy, etc., and suspended from above, especially during Christmas or birthday festivities, so that children, who are blindfolded, may break it or knock it down with sticks and release the contents.
Words nearby piñata
pièce d'occasion,
pièce de résistance,
piña,
piña cloth,
piña colada,
piñata,
piñon,
piñon jay,
più,
piłsudski,
pk
British Dictionary definitions for pinata
piñata
/ (ˌpɪnˈjata) /
noun
a papier-mâché party decoration filled with sweets, hung up during parties, and struck with a stick until it breaks open
Word Origin for piñata
Spanish, from Italian
pignatta, probably from dialect
pigna, from Latin
pinea pine cone