knish

[knish]

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

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for knish

Contemporary Examples of knish

He should save himself the airfare and get himself photographed eating a knish.
The Road to Florida Runs Through Jerusalem
Peter Beinart
July 3, 2012
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

British Dictionary definitions for knish

knish

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for knish

1930, from Yiddish, from Russian knysh, a kind of cake.