amuse-bouche

American  

[ah-mooz-boosh, a-myz-boosh] / ɑˈmuzˈbuʃ, aˌmüzˈbuʃ /

noun

PLURAL

amuse-bouches, amuse-bouche

1. a small appetizer as served, usually without charge, in a restaurant.

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amuse-bouche British  

/ amyzbuʃ /

noun

1. an appetizer before a meal

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Etymology

Origin of amuse-bouche

1955–60; < French amuser to gratify, amuse + bouche mouth

Example Sentences

There were 15 counts in all, and New York prosecutors left hints that this is but an amuse-bouche compared to what’s coming.

From Washington Post

Works by living composers — and therefore by most women and artists of color — are usually relegated to the brief amuse-bouche position.

From New York Times

By the time I got home, well, let’s just say the fries were an amuse-bouche, before the meal actually began.

From Seattle Times

The Krispy Kreme initiative is no relation to the “vaccinated doughnuts” that were sold last month by a bakery in Germany, garnished with plastic syringes that dispense a sweet, lemony-ginger amuse-bouche.

From Seattle Times

But I don’t want to sit on an amuse-bouche.

From Washington Post