sushi

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see also: Sushi

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Pronunciation

• enPR: so͝osh'i, IPA: /ˈsʊʃi/
• enPR: so͞osh'i, IPA: /ˈsuːʃi/
• (America) IPA: /ˈsuʃi/

Noun

sushi (uncountable)

1. A 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.

2. (proscribed) Raw fish, especially as a Japanese dish.

Translations

• French: sushi
• German: Sushi
• Italian: sushi
• Portuguese: sushi
• Russian: су́ши
• Spanish: sushi

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Sushi

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Noun

sushi (plural sushis)

1. (informal) A person who typifies a mixture of Shiism and Sunnism
   • 2007, Francis X. Callahan, Does W Stand for Worst?: The Record of G.W. Bush - Page 160

     Then there are the "Sushi" neighborhoods and towns - a mixture of some Sunni, some Shia, hence Sushi

   • 2007, ‎John Palattella, Reporting Iraq - Page 173

     ... particularly from the Sunnis you talked to, and the Shias were always angry. (Ali calls himself Sushi so it's kind of a mixture.)

   • 2010, Paul Wilson, Erasing Iraq: the human costs of carnage - Page 34

     Reality proved quite different. Ahmed is half Sunni, half Shia—a “Sushi,” in his own words

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