amuse-bouche
Americannoun
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amuse-bouches,
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amuse-bouche
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noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of amuse-bouche
1955–60; < French amuser to gratify, amuse + bouche mouth
Example Sentences
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This is the type of movie that serves as an amuse-bouche to proper, headier dramas for the PG-13 crowd, and its bespoke accessibility is thoroughly appealing.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2026
If we were wrong on the timeline—and that is a greater risk now—the recent weakness in financial markets could be an amuse-bouche before a bearish feast.
From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026
But that’s probably just an amuse-bouche, launching a full-size meal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2026
No. It’s an appetizer for better things to come, an amuse-bouche at best — at worst, a placeholder meal of cinematic comfort food, tiding us all over until it’s summer blockbuster season again.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 1, 2023
“They makes a fine amuse-bouche for the king of the sea.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Collaboratively devised, design-forward, highly varied works that Nottage likened to amuse-bouches, some are narrative in form, while others are more meditative.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2021
We also both favored a little snack Soma gave us — surprise amuse-bouches often happen here — that was tofu marinated in red yeast for six months.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2019
These amuse-bouches were then fenced for cash by Israel in those venerable independent bookshops of Manhattan that did a bit of literary memorabilia-dealing on the side.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 14, 2019
The US has no shortage of outstanding restaurants that serve everything from flavor-packed amuse-bouches to hand-crafted desserts.
From Time ● Aug. 17, 2017
A word of warning: The tacos are practically amuse-bouches.
From Washington Post
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