hummus

[hoo m-uh s] /ˈhʊm əs/

noun

Middle Eastern Cookery. a paste or dip made of chickpeas mashed with oil, garlic, lemon juice, and tahini and usually eaten with pita.

Also, hommos.

Origin

< dialectal Arabic ḥummuṣ, ḥəmmoṣ chickpeas

Examples from the web for hummus

We're buying lettuce in plastic packages and potato salad, tabbouleh, and hummus in deli containers.
We ate canned hummus and noodles and tried to decide what movie to watch on our iPods.
But not nearly as much as my three-year-old loves hummus.
Finally, each magazine is hand-dipped in hummus, for taste.
The avocado hummus on this tapas plate is ridiculously good.
Include hummus as a yummy spread on crackers and bread.
Nothing beats homemade hummus, a great filling for a vegetarian wrap.
For breakfast, try the organic scrambled egg panini served with red pepper hummus.
With a menu that offers such choices as salads, mushrooms, hummus and wraps.
Starters include nori rolls and hummus, salads and sandwiches, including tofu panini and portobello panini.

British Dictionary definitions for hummus

/ˈhʊməs/

noun

a creamy dip originating in the Middle East, made from puréed chickpeas, tahina, etc

Word Origin

from Turkish humus

Word Origin and History for hummus

1955, from Turkish humus "mashed chick peas."