Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A Japanese dish of thin slices of meat and vegetables cooked at table in a simmering pot of broth, then dipped into any of various sauces.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Japanese, imitative of bubbling water.]

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Examples

  • Recipe: Shabu-Shabu The name "shabu-shabu" literally means "swish-shish," based on the sound the meat makes as you drag it through the dashi stock.

    An Utterly Fabu Shabu-Shabu Tyson Cole 2011

  • The price also includes a basic all-you-can-eat buffet with shabu-shabu dining where you cook at your own table.

    After Hours: Manila Ted Lerner 2011

  • Like shabu-shabu, the raw ingredients (thin sliced beef, napa cabbage, shiitake, tofu, shirataki noodles) are brought to the table and the cooking happens on a hot plate right in front of you.

    Swinery/Homegrown update 2009

  • Like shabu-shabu, the raw ingredients (thin sliced beef, napa cabbage, shiitake, tofu, shirataki noodles) are brought to the table and the cooking happens on a hot plate right in front of you.

    Sukiyaki at Kappo 2009

  • And it may be that if we were a couple of deeply experienced Japanese shabu-shabu lovers, this would have been some kind of pinnacle in our overcosseted gustatory lives.

    Taking a Chance on Vegas's New Spots Raymond Sokolov 2010

  • And it may be that if we were a couple of deeply experienced Japanese shabu-shabu lovers, this would have been some kind of pinnacle in our overcosseted gustatory lives.

    Taking a Chance on Vegas's New Spots Raymond Sokolov 2010

  • And it may be that if we were a couple of deeply experienced Japanese shabu-shabu lovers, this would have been some kind of pinnacle in our overcosseted gustatory lives.

    Taking a Chance on Vegas's New Spots Raymond Sokolov 2010

  • Kelp-flavoured cold kyoto beef shabu-shabu, asparagus dressed with sesame cream

    Archive 2008-07-01 2008

  • And it may be that if we were a couple of deeply experienced Japanese shabu-shabu lovers, this would have been some kind of pinnacle in our overcosseted gustatory lives.

    Taking a Chance on Vegas's New Spots Raymond Sokolov 2010

  • And it may be that if we were a couple of deeply experienced Japanese shabu-shabu lovers, this would have been some kind of pinnacle in our overcosseted gustatory lives.

    Taking a Chance on Vegas's New Spots Raymond Sokolov 2010

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