noun

haggis

HAG-is/ˈhæɡɪs/

A Scottish dish of seasoned sheep organs and oatmeal cooked in a casing.

The cut haggis reveals chopped organ meat and oats inside its tied casing.

A cooked haggis in its rounded, tied casing, cut open on a plain plate to expose its coarse mixture of chopped organ meat and oats.

Etymology

The name’s origin is uncertain: proposed sources mean “minced meat” or “to chop,” either of which would fit its cut-up ingredients. Some early texts use it for the intestine containing the dish.

In context

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I know it is it's a national uh food in Scotland I always wanted to try haggis

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More examples

Oatmeal helps bind the chopped sheep organs in haggis.
She removes the casing before serving the haggis.
We try haggis for the first time in Scotland.

Forms

haggis · haggises

Similar words

sausage: A broader category of seasoned meat typically packed into casings.