brisket

English

Etymology

From Middle English brusket, probably from Old Danish bryske (“cartilage, gristle”), from Old Norse brjósk, from Proto-Germanic *briuskiz (compare German Brausche (“knot on the head”)). Cognate with Danish brusk, Icelandic brjósk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɪskɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪskɪt

Noun

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brisket

Wikipedia

brisket (countable and uncountable, plural briskets)

1. The chest of an animal.
2. A cut of meat taken from the chest, especially from the section under the first five ribs.
   • 2016, Samantha Skaggs, Real Food Slow Cooker Suppers, Page Street Publishing, →ISBN, page 146:

     Right after chili, smoked beef brisket could easily be the state food of Texas.

3. A smoked meat dish made from cow brisket popular in Texas.
4. (humorous, Internet slang) The character Bridget, a character from the video game series Guilty Gear.

Derived terms

• brisket disease

Translations

chest of an animal

Azerbaijani: döş (az) Bashkir: түш (tüş) Chinese: Mandarin: 胸部 (zh) (xiōngbù), 胸肉 (zh) (xiōngròu) Finnish: rinta (fi), rintakehä (fi) French: poitrine (fr) f, poitrail (fr) m German: Brust (de) f Italian: petto (it) m, punta di petto f Polish: mostek (pl) m Portuguese: peito (pt) m Russian: груди́нка (ru) f (grudínka) Spanish: pecho (es) Swedish: bringa (sv) c Volapük: blöt (vo) Yiddish: ברוסט f (brust)

cut of meat

Azerbaijani: döş əti Bashkir: түш ите (tüş ite) Chinese: Mandarin: 腩 (zh) class 块 (nán) (Only commonly for beef [牛腩]) Czech: hrudí n, nízké žebro Danish: spidsbryst n Dutch: klapstuk (nl) n Finnish: rintapala (fi), rinta (fi), brisketti French: poitrine (fr) f German: Bruststück (de) n Hungarian: szegy (hu) Indonesian: sandung lamur Korean: 양지머리 (yangjimeori) Norman: brueûtchet m (Jersey) Polish: mostek (pl) m Portuguese: peito (pt) m Russian: грудинка (ru) (grudinka) Spanish: falda (es) Swedish: bringa (sv) c Turkish: döş (tr) Volapük: blöted Yiddish: ברוסט f (brust)

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