bisquick
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.53 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Pre-mixed baking mix, generally consisting of flour, a shortening and a leavening agent (for quickly making fresh biscuits, pancakes, dumplings, etc).
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Seven at night in Tucson, get some bisquick for the dumplings. Have some bacon. Go to Hadley's in the kitchen right beside the frying steak —Diana on the phone—get a little plastic bag from Drum— Fill it up with tarragon and chili."
- "We were limited in money to purchase supplies, so we took a 100 pound sack of potatoes and several sacks of flour and some bisquick, and of course a case of beer."
- "In the kitchen I found some bisquick and thought maybe I could make some pancakes[.]"
- "Squash can be cut up and frozen but what I do is cut it up, let it dry a little and then grind it up combined with some bisquick and an egg and form patties."
- "He stopped at the store on the way home and bought two whole chickens, and some bisquick and found a farm stand that had sweet corn."
Etymology
From the brand name Bisquick. Blend of biscuit + quick, because the mix was originally sold as a way of making biscuits in "90 seconds from package to oven".