Tsukune is a food consisting of ground livestock meat or chicken (fish meat in rare cases) and a thickener that are kneaded or ground together and formed into a ball or stick shape.
つくね（捏、捏ね）とは、畜肉や鳥肉（まれに魚肉）などのすり身につなぎを加えて、練り合わせたり擂り合せてだんご状や棒状に成形した食品。