rangoon

English

Etymology

Back-formed from crab rangoon.

Noun

rangoon (plural rangoons)

1. A deep-fried dumpling in American Asian cuisine, stuffed with some specified thing (typically crab).
   • 2003 05, Suzanne Finnamore, The Zygote Chronicles, Grove Press, →ISBN, page 10:

     Instead he orders beef vindaloo, Cantonese lobster with ginger sauce, pork rangoon, and something called salad pizza. He pays for it, eats it, and leaves the cartons in his living room, every inch of which is piled with books.

   • 2004 May 12, Olivia Goldsmith, Dumping Billy, Grand Central Publishing, →ISBN:

     "I wanted to scream, Why don't you just take the damn thing out of there and ask me to marry you? But, nothing. The man just sat there and then looked down and finished eating his fucking chicken Rangoon."

   • 2009 04, Laura Taxel, Cleveland Ethnic Eats: The Guide to Authentic Ethnic Restaurants and Markets in Greater Cleveland, Gray & Company, →ISBN, page 90:

     [...] spanakopita, and dolmades peacefully coexist on the menu with Goan coconut curry, shrimp rangoon, samosas, and chicken biryani.

   • 2011 02, Robert Thornhill, Lady Justice Takes a C.R.A.P., Tate Publishing, →ISBN, page 32:

     The box exploded on my chest, and I was covered from head to toe with chicken rangoon. I don't even like Chinese. No more Mr. Nice Guy. Ox launched himself at the fat man, hitting him square in his beer belly.

   • 2013 June 18, Ingrid Thoft, Loyalty, Penguin, →ISBN:

     They ordered in Chinese—fried egg rolls, wontons stuffed with pork, crispy orange beef, greasy lo mein, and shrimp Rangoon. Fina ate until she was stuffed, took a long shower, and collapsed into Milloy's bed.

   • 2021 June 15, CJ Cook, Leeteg, eBook Partnership, →ISBN, page 38:

     Festooned with bamboo and mahogany, these establishments served Maui onion soup, shrimp rangoon, and sweet barbecued ribs; their colorful drinks included mai tais, lava flows, and Blue Hawaiians, libations inevitably topped with tiny […]