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haggis

  • noun
  • hag·gis
  • /ˈhæɡɪs/

A traditional Scottish dish made from minced sheep offal with oatmeal and spices, etc., originally boiled in the stomach of a sheep but now often in an artificial casing, and usually served with neeps and tatties (mashed swede and potatoes) and accompanied with whisky.

A kind of

  • dish

Word history

From Old English "hēawan" (to chop, hew; to dice, mince).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “haggis” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.