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barbecued wing

barbecued wing

1.8
A chicken wing cooked with a sweet, smoky sauce, usually grilled or baked
  • noun
  • /ˈbɑrbɪˌkjud wɪŋ/
translation icon : alitas a la barbacoa
  • During the game, we ordered a platter of barbecued wings to share, and they were a hit with all the fans.

Examples

  • At the summer picnic, everyone enjoyed the delicious barbecued wings grilled to perfection with a smoky flavor.

  • They had the best barbecued wings you could ask for, but the air smelled like blood.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • The restaurant is famous for its tender and flavorful barbecued wings, which are always a popular choice on the menu.

Synonyms

wing
vsbarbecued wing
583 1.0

A body part on birds, bats, and insects used for flying or served as food

is narrower applying to that bird part prepared in a smoky sweet sauce
chicken wing
vsbarbecued wing
30 1.0

The wing of a chicken cooked and eaten as a snack

focuses on the same bird part cooked with a smoky sweet sauce

How Saucy

buffalo wing
  • US
7 2.6
barbecued wing
1.8
chicken wing
30 1.0

Surface Forms

barbecued wing singular
barbecued wings plural

Morphology

barbecued + wing

The meaning is directly compositional: 'barbecued' describes the cooking method and 'wing' names the food item, so a learner who knows both words can infer a chicken wing cooked with barbecue methods or sauce. This is a common, cross-linguistically transparent modifier+noun combination following expected English patterns, so it should be understandable to a B1 learner.

Etymology

Barbecued wing paints a simple cooking picture: a chicken wing grilled or baked and coated in smoky, sweet barbecue sauce. So it means 'a chicken wing cooked in barbecue sauce', and imagining hot wings on a grill will help you remember it.