onion rings

plural noun

Cooking.

1. rings of sliced onion, dipped in batter and deep-fried.

Word History and Origins

Origin of onion rings¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

The Times surveyed renowned chefs and found that beyond some red-white-and-blue-frosted desserts, and foodstuff arranged to suggest the Olympic rings — fruit, antipasti, onion rings — most weren’t bothering.

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There are burgers, of course, but also fish and chicken sandwiches, a grilled cheese, hot dogs, clam strips, fried oysters, corn dogs, breaded mushrooms, gyoza, onion rings, three kinds of fries and nearly two dozen flavors of milkshakes, plus vanilla soft serve and hard pack ice cream cones.

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And to do this we knew we had to cut out the fried foods from our beloved sub shops — the chicken boxes, the mozzarella sticks and the crunchy-crunchy onion rings — and incorporate more disgusting green vegetables and salads into our diets.

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My wife Caron and I recently dedicated a night to eating greasy fried foods — onion rings, buffalo wings, and all the bad stuff.

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Tony Soprano, played by late actor James Gandolfini, orders a plate of onion rings and puts a coin in the jukebox to play Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” as his wife Carmella and son A.J. join him in the booth, while daughter Meadow struggles with parallel parking outside.

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