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frank

frank

9 3.2
A smooth sausage usually made from beef or pork and eaten in a roll
  • noun
  • /fræŋk/
  • US
translation icon : salchicha
  • For lunch, I ordered two delicious franks in soft buns topped with mustard.
  • eat franks
  • pack of franks
  • franks and beans

They're not just like regular like there's no, no issue here with, you know, Nathan's or or Sabret or, you know, whoever or ballpark Frank's.

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Examples

  • Hot dog vendor on the street, handing a steaming frank to a customer who is handing him some change.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • He cuts off the end of the frank, and the smell of our holiday feast fills the air.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • A frank and a coffee, please.

  • "A turkey frank," Jack says.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Well, how about some frank and beans?

  • I decided to make franks and beans for dinner tonight.

  • The hot dogs were the kind he liked: jumbo franks with thick red skin.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • They were eating beans and franks.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Off to one side were large coolers filled with ice and drinks and grills where burgers and franks were being cooked.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • The kitchen was littered with empty sardine tins and half-eaten cans of beans and franks.

    Fiction book (1998)

Synonyms

dog
vsfrank
627 8.4

A thin cooked sausage often served in a bread roll

has identical meaning but is a different name for the same product
hot dog
vsfrank
252 1.0

A cooked sausage in a sliced bun, often with mustard or ketchup

is the sausage product itself, not focused on being a sandwich
sausage
vsfrank
184 1.0

A food made from ground meat and spices in a thin skin

is a specific smoked type often served in a bread roll
wiener
vsfrank
  • US
69 1.8

A small cooked sausage often served in a bread roll like a hot dog

has identical meaning but is a different name for the same product
weenie
vsfrank
  • US
44 6.8

A small soft sausage made from beef or pork and often served in a bun

has identical meaning but is a different name for the same product
hotdog
vsfrank
19 1.0

A cooked sausage in a sliced bun often eaten as fast food

is the sausage product itself, not defined by being a snack or sandwich
frankfurter
vsfrank
3 2.0

A smooth, smoky sausage of pork or beef often served in a bread roll

has identical meaning but is a different name for the same product
wienerwurst
vsfrank
8.8

A thin smoked sausage made from beef or pork often served in a bun

has identical meaning but is a different name for the same product

Compounds

frank breech
  • Specialized
9.3

A baby before birth with its bottom nearest the birth canal and legs straight up near the head

frank breech delivery
  • Specialized
5.8

A birth when the baby is lying so its bottom comes out first

A member of an early group of Franks who settled in the Netherlands in the fourth century

How Big

frank
  • US
9 3.2
cocktail
52 4.1

Surface Forms

frank singular
franks plural

Etymology

Frank, a sausage, is short for frankfurter, which means 'from Frankfurt' in Germany where this type of sausage began. Think of Frankfurt to remember that a frank is a German-style sausage.