PATTY
What does "PATTY" mean?
A small flat round cake of minced or chopped food, such as meat.
Meanings
- A small, flattened, rounded portion of food, especially minced meat shaped for cooking. She flipped the burger patty and waited for the sizzle.
- A small flat sweet, especially a chocolate-coated peppermint one. He kept peppermint patties in his coat pocket.
- In Caribbean cuisine, a folded pastry turnover filled with spiced meat. The bakery sold beef patties wrapped in flaky golden crust.
Word origin
From French 'paté' (a pie or pastry), itself from Old French 'pasté'; the spelling shifted to 'patty' in English by the early 1700s, influenced by 'pat'.
Remember it
PATTY: you PAT it till it's TidY and flat.
A little poem
Two palms press the cool meat round and flat-
the grill will do the rest, and that is that.
couplet
Wordplay
- I asked the cook how she shaped the burgers so quickly. She said it was a matter of patty-cake.
What it teaches
Most good things start as something formless pressed gently into shape by patient hands.
Quick facts
What does PATTY mean?
A small flat round cake of minced or chopped food, such as meat.
Is PATTY a valid word?
Yes — PATTY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is PATTY?
PATTY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does PATTY come from?
From French 'paté' (a pie or pastry), itself from Old French 'pasté'; the spelling shifted to 'patty' in English by the early 1700s, influenced by 'pat'.
What can PATTY teach us?
Most good things start as something formless pressed gently into shape by patient hands.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.