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chitlings

chitlings

1 9.9
Small pig intestines that are cleaned and cooked as food
  • noun
  • /ˈʧɪtlɪŋz/
  • US
: mollejas
  • She learned to clean and cook chitlings from her grandmother.

Examples

  • The aroma of simmering chitlings filled the kitchen on New Year's Day.

  • Many people enjoy serving chitlings with hot sauce and cornbread.

  • I love eating chitlings during the holidays.

  • Have you ever tried chitlings?

  • Many people enjoy serving chitlings with hot sauce and cornbread.

  • The aroma of simmering chitlings filled the kitchen on New Year's Day.

  • She learned to clean and cook chitlings from her grandmother.

Synonyms

chitlins
vschitlings
  • US
6 9.6

Cooked pig intestines eaten as food, often in the American South

is broader, not limited to the Southern US
chitterlings
vschitlings
  • US
1 9.9

Small pig intestines that people clean and cook to eat

is tied to Southern cooking rather than being region neutral
chitlin
vschitlings
  • US
1 9.1

A food made from small pig intestines that are cleaned and cooked, often in Southern US cooking

is the plural form referring to the food collectively

Surface Forms

chitlings singular
chitlings plural

Etymology

Chitlings comes from an older English form chitterling, and the ending -ling means 'small', just like in duckling. That's why chitlings names the small, thin intestines of pigs that are cooked as a traditional Southern dish.