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gimchi

gimchi is the alternative form of kimchi.

Meaning of kimchi

Noun

kimchi (usually uncountable, plural kimchis)

  1. (usually) A Korean dish made of vegetables, such as cabbage or radishes, that are salted, seasoned, and stored in sealed containers to undergo lactic acid fermentation.
    • "Yeah." He gestured to the kimchi. "Well, get it in ya, then."
      "It's better hot." she said.2019 January 26, Jo Storm, Snowhook, Dundurn, →ISBN
  2. (countable, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur, usually) A Korean person.
    • How did I know the kimchis were trying to smuggle the crate out of Japan?1994, Richard Marcinko, Rogue Warrior II: Red Cell, Pocket Books, page 238

Questions about gimchi

What is gimchi the alternative form of?
Gimchi is the alternative form of kimchi.

Words near gimchi in the dictionary

  1. gimboid
  2. gimboids
  3. gimbri
  4. gimbris
  5. gimchee
  6. gimchi
  7. gimcrack
  8. gimcracked
  9. gimcrackeries
  10. gimcrackery
  11. gimcrackiness

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