chit·ter·lings also chit·lins or chit·lings (ch t lnz)pl.n. The small intestines of pigs, especially when cooked and eaten as food. [From Middle English chiterling, probably diminutive of Old English *cieter, intestines.] |
chitterlings [ˈtʃɪtəlɪŋz], chitlins [ˈtʃɪtlɪnz], chitlings [ˈtʃɪtlɪŋz]
pl n
(Cookery) (sometimes singular) the intestines of a pig or other animal prepared as a dish
[of uncertain origin; perhaps related to Middle High German kutel]
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| Noun | 1. | chitterlings - small intestines of hogs prepared as food organs, variety meat - edible viscera of a butchered animal |
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