gizzard
gizzard Lexical Profile
gizzard Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A muscular, thick-walled part of a bird's stomach for grinding food, typically with grit; a similar digestive organ in some reptiles, fish, insects, and earthworms.
"Because birds lack teeth, they swallow small pebbles that remain in the gizzard to help pulverize hard seeds."
The muscular stomach of a domestic fowl (such as a chicken, turkey, or duck) prepared and eaten as food.
"She simmered the turkey gizzard along with the neck and heart to make a rich gravy for the holiday dinner."
A person's stomach, throat, or entrails (used humorously or informally).
"That spicy chili really stuck in my gizzard all afternoon."
• Rhymes for gizzard
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in Middle English from Old French 'gesier' (bird's entrails or gizzard), descending from Vulgar Latin '*gigerium', which derived from Latin 'gigeria' (cooked entrails of poultry).