kim chee

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