chit|ter|lings

chit|ter|lings: chit|ter|lings «CHIHT uhr lihngz; see note below», noun (plural).

parts of the intestines of pigs, cooked as food, usually deep-fat fried: »The house servants…had their own feast of hoecakes and yams and chitterlings (Margaret Mitchell).
Also, chitlings, chitlins.

╂[Middle English cheterlingis; origin uncertain]

Usage Now in the United States and historically usually written chitterlings, especially by those writing about the South. The current pronunciation of those who really eat them is chit´lingz, or more often, chit´linz.

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chit·ter·lings — … Useful english dictionary
chit — ar·chit·o·my; chit·chat·ty; chit·i·ma·cha; chit·munk; chit·ta·gong; chit·tak; chit·tam; chit·ter chat·ter; chit·ter·lings; con·chit·ic; or·chit·ic; ra·chit·ic; ra·chit·o·mi; rha·chit·o·mi; rha·chit·o·mous; tri·chit·ic; chit·lin; an·ti·ra·chit·ic; … English syllables
chitterlings — chit·ter·lings … English syllables
chitterlings — chit|ter|lings [ˈtʃıtəlıŋz US ər ] n also chit|lings [ˈtʃıtlıŋz]chit|lins [ lınz] [plural] the ↑intestine of a pig eaten as food, especially in the southern US … Dictionary of contemporary English
chitterlings — chit|ter|lings [ tʃıtərlıŋz ] or chit|lins [ tʃıtlınz ] noun plural a pig s INTESTINES (=tubes that carry food from the stomach out of the body), eaten as food … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
chitterlings — chit•ter•lings or chitlings or chitlins [[t]ˈtʃɪt lɪnz, lɪŋz[/t]] n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) coo the small intestine of swine, esp. when prepared as food • Etymology: 1250–1300; ME cheterling; akin to G Kutteln in same sense … From formal English to slang
Chitterlings — Chit ter*lings, n. pl. [Cf. AS. cwi[thorn] womb, Icel. kvi[eth], Goth. qi[thorn]us, belly, womb, stomach, G. kutteln chitterlings.] (Cookery) The smaller intestines of swine, etc., fried for food. [1913 Webster] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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