rumaki

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noun

A mock-Polynesian hors d'oeuvre, usually made from water chestnuts and pieces of duck or chicken liver wrapped in bacon and marinated in soy sauce and either ginger or brown sugar.

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Meanings

nounrumaki (countable and uncountable, plural rumakis)

plural rumakis · alternative rumake

  1. countableuncountableA mock-Polynesian hors d'oeuvre, usually made from water chestnuts and pieces of duck or chicken liver wrapped in bacon and marinated in soy sauce and either ginger or brown sugar.

Origin

Unknown; possibly related to Japanese 春巻き (“spring roll”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

rumaki. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rumaki

MLA

“rumaki.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rumaki. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rumaki,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rumaki.

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