KICKSHAW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kickshaw mean? 

• KICKSHAW (noun)
  The noun KICKSHAW has 1 sense:

1. something considered choice to eat

  Familiarity information: KICKSHAW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KICKSHAW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something considered choice to eat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

dainty; delicacy; goody; kickshaw; treat

Hypernyms ("kickshaw" is a kind of...):

aliment; alimentation; nourishment; nutriment; nutrition; sustenance; victuals (a source of materials to nourish the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kickshaw"):

choice morsel; tidbit; titbit (a small tasty bit of food)

savory; savoury (an aromatic or spicy dish served at the end of dinner or as an hors d'oeuvre)

confection; sweet (a food rich in sugar)

ambrosia; nectar ((classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal)

gelatin; jelly (an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods)

bone marrow; marrow (very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones)