/ˈsuːʃi/, /ˈsuʃi/
OriginBorrowed from Japanese 寿司(すし) (sushi, “sushi (sour rice)”), ultimately from archaic conjugation 酸(す)し (sushi, “sour, vinegared”) of modern adjective 酸(す)い (sui, “sour, vinegared”).
- uncountable, usuallyA Japanese dish made of small portions of sticky white rice flavored with vinegar, usually wrapped in seaweed and filled or topped with fish, vegetables or meat.
“For the vegetarians, she served cucumber sushi.”
“He went to a Japanese restaurant and ordered sushi and noodles.”
“Suzuributa.—Mashed fish, eggs, 'sushi' of shrimps, plum cake, black mushroom, plum, and finely cut orange.”
- countable, rare, usuallyOne of the portions from this dish.
“You will recall that, contrary to the relative appearance of the words, the sashimi are the simple raw fish slices and the sushi are the rolls of rice and raw fish.”
“Rusty put a sushi in her palm. / Mary Kate popped it into her mouth. It tasted salty and crunchy. “Cucumber!” she said. / “My grandmother puts a surprise in the middle of each one,” said Rusty.”
“I reach out and pop a sushi into my mouth while I’m waiting for someone to answer a question.”
- proscribed, uncountable, usuallyRaw fish, especially as a Japanese dish.
“'Can't eat sushi?' I said. Then Mom said, 'You can't eat uncooked fish when you're pregnant' as if I'm the one stupid enough to go and get pregnant!”
- informalA person who typifies a mixture of Shiism and Sunnism
“Then there are the "Sushi" neighborhoods and towns - a mixture of some Sunni, some Shia, hence Sushi”
“... particularly from the Sunnis you talked to, and the Shias were always angry. (Ali calls himself Sushi so it's kind of a mixture.)”
“Reality proved quite different. Ahmed is half Sunni, half Shia—a “Sushi,” in his own words”
- informal, transitiveTo prepare (a food) as sushi.
“Our finned friends come in all varieties: sushi-ed, fresh, smoked and otherwise packaged for your consumption.”
Formssushis(plural) · sushi(plural) · sushis(present, singular, third-person) · sushiing(participle, present) · sushied(participle, past) · sushied(past) · Sushis(plural)