Used in a Sentence

fugu

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for fugu.

Editorial note

No, it just means that any chef serving Fugu can cut it wrong.

Examples18
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Blowfish: a delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of fugu gathered in one view.

noun

Blowfish: a delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins.

noun

A county of Yulin, Shaanxi, China.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for fugu.

noun

Blowfish: a delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins.

noun

A county of Yulin, Shaanxi, China.

Example sentences

1

No, it just means that any chef serving Fugu can cut it wrong.

2

You need to have some experience, but definitely of the calibre of a Fugu chef, to practice these.

3

It's a Japanese fish called Fugu and the fatality rate from consumption thereof is 6.8%.

4

Given the quantity of fugu consumed nationwide, it seems reasonable to say that, in fact, most chefs never cut fugu wrong - or at least that most chefs never serve wrongly cut fugu.

5

To be able to eat Fugu and still live to tell about it?

6

What you get as Fugu is a domesticated / non poisonous version usually.

7

I'm reminded of the Simpsons episode where Homer believes he's going to die after eating the poisonous part of fugu.

8

Of those, 31 were fatal, and of those, the majority were due to preparation by unqualified individuals (presumably those who had caught fugu themselves).

9

I suspect that your original problems were related to working set size relative to cache (since Ronin => Fugu bumps cache by over 2GB, and you said that Fugu was working well).

10

If you're looking at fugu in particular (especially in the latter stages) we had external developers or businesses wanting the features.

11

There's a small number of chefs in US who are certifie4d to prepare the real fugu, and I was visiting one of them.

12

Another one is Fugu fish, which I personally ate at a restaurant, and which are known to be deadly if not prepared correctly.

Quote examples

1

You get to say "Hey, I ate fugu, and it didn't kill me!

2

"there are no chefs that don't cut fugu wrong from time to time" This doesn't seem to be the case: fugu preparation is licensed and regulated, and deaths are very rare indeed.

3

That being said, intros to options scare me in the same way a "Beginner's Guide to Fugu Preparation' would scare me: as a novice, you have no business mucking around with such dangerous things, but as an initiate, you have no need of the article.

Proper noun examples

1

Fugu is a fishy fish, distinguished by other fishy fish by one property: its incredibly lethal nerve toxin.

2

If you wouldn't mind me asking, why the removal of the Kappa/Fugu/Zilla price points in the new tiers?

3

Fugu sells because of the nerve toxin, not in spite of it.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use fugu in a sentence?

No, it just means that any chef serving Fugu can cut it wrong.

What does fugu mean?

Blowfish: a delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins.

What part of speech is fugu?

fugu is commonly used as noun.