Usually means: Fried cornmeal ball, Southern cuisine.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word hush puppy:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. hush puppy: Merriam-Webster
  2. hush puppy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. hush puppy: Collins English Dictionary
  4. hush puppy: Vocabulary.com
  5. hush puppy: Wiktionary
  6. hush puppy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. hush puppy: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. hush puppy: Dictionary.com
  9. Hush Puppy, Hush puppy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. hush puppy: Rhymezone
  11. hush puppy: FreeDictionary.org
  12. hush puppy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. hush puppy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. Hush puppy: World Wide Words

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. hush puppy: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. American-Australian Slang Dictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hush puppy)

noun:  (military slang) A semiautomatic handgun fitted with a suppressor, used by special forces personnel to quietly take out guard dogs and sentries.
noun:  Alternative form of hushpuppy: a small deep-fried cornmeal cake. [(Southern US) A small deep-fried cornmeal cake.]

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