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hush puppy en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of hushpuppy: a small deep-fried cornmeal cake.
    alt of hushpuppy
  2. (slang) A semiautomatic handgun fitted with a suppressor, used by special forces personnel to quietly take out guard dogs and sentries.
    • Normally, they would have used the silenced .22 ‘Hush Puppy’ pistol to dispatch both the dog and the sentry, but this was an exercise. 2021, Christophe Downes, War Crimes for the Political Elite:
    • When we used it in our “hush puppy” against a sentry, the target was almost always hit only once, in the head. 2009, Thomas H. Keith, SEAL Warrior:

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