cruller
/ˈkrʌlə
/noun North American
A small cake made of rich dough twisted or curled and fried in deep fat.Then, with bittersweet feelings, we realize how much we love what our parents loved - the long, fried crullers at dim sum; the smells of strange-looking fruit in Chinatown; the simplicity of chopsticks in one's hand....
- For five minutes, everyone either threw down exact change or made their own change without any notice from Ralph; he was just too busy pouring coffee or retrieving crullers to pay any attention to the money situation.
- For homecomings and family gatherings, there is usually a sumptuous spread of cakes and pastries, including crullers and thin pancakes rolled around whipped cream.
Origin
Early 19th century: from Dutch kruller, from krullen 'to curl'.
Rhymes
- scale
- scaleability
- scaleable
- scale armour
- scale board
- scaled
- scaled-down
- scale insect
- scale leaf
- scaleless
- scalene
- scalene muscle
- scalenus
- scale of notation
- scale pan
- scaler
- scale something back/down (or up)
- scale worm
- Scalia, Antonin
- Scaliger, Joseph Justus
- Scaliger, Julius Caesar
- scaliness
- scaling ladder
- scallion
- scallop