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brisket

name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈbɹɪskɪt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪskɪt
  • CMU ARPABET: B R IH1 S K AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

The character Bridget from the video game series Guilty Gear.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, humorous

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The chest of an animal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A cut of meat taken from the chest, especially from the section under the first five ribs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A smoked meat dish made from cow brisket popular in Texas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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5

noun

Meaning 5

a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: cut, cut of meat

History

Etymology

An alteration of Bridget. Originated after an anonymous post on Tumblr stating that a friend who does not play the game became obsessed with the character but kept on unknowingly calling her “Brisket” was widely shared.

From Middle English brusket, probably from Old Danish bryske (“cartilage, gristle”), from Old Norse brjósk, from Proto-Germanic *briuskiz (compare German Brausche (“knot on the head”)). Cognate with Danish brusk, Icelandic brjósk.

Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: döş — chest of an animal
  • Bashkir: түш (tüş) — chest of an animal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 胸部 (xiōngbù) — chest of an animal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 胸肉 (xiōngròu) — chest of an animal
  • Finnish: rinta — chest of an animal
  • Finnish: rintakehä — chest of an animal
  • French: poitrine — chest of an animal
  • French: poitrail — chest of an animal
  • German: Brust — chest of an animal
  • Italian: petto — chest of an animal
  • Italian: punta di petto — chest of an animal
  • Polish: mostek — chest of an animal
  • Portuguese: peito — chest of an animal
  • Russian: груди́нка (grudínka) — chest of an animal
  • Spanish: pecho — chest of an animal
  • Swedish: bringa — chest of an animal
  • Volapük: blöt — chest of an animal
  • Yiddish: ברוסט (brust) — chest of an animal
  • Azerbaijani: döş əti — cut of meat
  • Bashkir: түш ите (tüş ite) — cut of meat
  • Chinese Cantonese: 牛腩 (ngau4 naam5) — cut of meat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 腩 class 块 (nán) — cut of meat
  • Czech: hrudí — cut of meat
  • Czech: nízké žebro — cut of meat
  • Danish: spidsbryst — cut of meat
  • Dutch: klapstuk — cut of meat
  • Finnish: rintapala — cut of meat
  • Finnish: rinta — cut of meat
  • Finnish: brisketti — cut of meat
  • French: poitrine — cut of meat
  • German: Bruststück — cut of meat
  • Hungarian: szegy — cut of meat
  • Icelandic: nautabringa — cut of meat
  • Indonesian: sandung lamur — cut of meat
  • Korean: 양지머리 (yangjimeori) — cut of meat
  • Norman: brueûtchet — cut of meat
  • Polish: mostek — cut of meat
  • Portuguese: peito — cut of meat
  • Russian: грудинка (grudinka) — cut of meat
  • Southern Altai: тӧш эт (töš et) — cut of meat
  • Spanish: falda — cut of meat
  • Swedish: bringa — cut of meat
  • Turkish: döş — cut of meat
  • Volapük: blöted — cut of meat
  • Yiddish: ברוסט (brust) — cut of meat
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