ponchik
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A type of fried dough pastry popular in many Central Asian and Eastern European countries, made by deep-frying dough until it becomes puffy, then filling it with custard, jam, or cream, and sometimes glazing the result or dusting it with powdered sugar.
Example Sentences
- "Her ladyship was reduced to the pitiable choice of yesterday’s croissants or one of the nine different kinds of rolls, milk breads, sweet breads, scones, pancakes, vatrushki, kalachi, ponchiki, rogaliki and bulochki whose delicious, new-baked smell was wafting all over the house."
- "Remove a ponchik from the oil with the slotted spoon and break open to see if the dough inside has been baked through."
- "The first wave of Russian Jews came to New York City between 1881 and 1910. The new wave began in 1979, when the Soviet Union began easing restrictions on emigration. Thousands settled in Brighton Beach where the street vendors sell knish-like potato ponchiks and caviar."
- "‘We’re not as colourful as the Ukrainians,’ explained an ex-New Yorker to Beagan while dishing out lashings of cabbage rolls and potato ponchiks."
- "I am allergic to ponchiks, the sugar-powdered Polish fritters that Ghaemi’s mother used to make."
- "Dorothy had a ham sandwich followed by a ponchik, a doughnut."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: по́нчик, פּאָנטשיק