sushi

noun3

1. •
   A Japanese dish made of small portions of sticky white rice flavored with vinegar, usually wrapped in seaweed and filled or topped with fish, vegetables or meat.

   • For the vegetarians, she served cucumber sushi.
   • He went to a Japanese restaurant and ordered sushi and noodles.
2. •
   (rare) One of the portions from this dish.

   • You will recall that, contrary to the relative appearance of the words, the sashimi are the simple raw fish slices and the sushi are the rolls of rice and raw fish. — 1983
3. •
   (nonstandard) Raw fish, especially as a Japanese dish.

   • 'Can't eat sushi?' I said. Then Mom said, 'You can't eat uncooked fish when you're pregnant' as if I'm the one stupid enough to go and get pregnant! — 2012

verb1

1. •
   (informal) To prepare (a food) as sushi.

   • Our finned friends come in all varieties: sushi-ed, fresh, smoked and otherwise packaged for your consumption. — 2017

noun1

1. •
   (informal) A person who typifies a mixture of Shiism and Sunnism

   • Then there are the "Sushi" neighborhoods and towns - a mixture of some Sunni, some Shia, hence Sushi — 2007