noun
- a Polish pastry consisting of a deep-fried dough ball filled with jam, custard, or other sweet filling, traditionally eaten during Carnival season.
Usage: Also spelled packi or paczki; plural: paczki or paczkis.; Pronounced "POONCH-kee" or "PATCH-kee".; Associated with Polish-American communities and Mardi Gras celebrations.
Examples
- She bought a box of paczki from the Polish bakery for Fat Tuesday.
- The paczki was filled with prune jam and dusted with powdered sugar.
- Every Carnival season, the bakery sells hundreds of paczki to customers.
- He bit into the warm paczki and jam squirted onto his plate.
- The traditional paczki recipe has been passed down through her family for generations.