wiener
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1.8
- noun
- /ˈwiːnər/
- US
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salchicha
- For lunch, we had delicious wieners topped with mustard and relish.
- a wiener roast
- cocktail wieners
- a piece of wiener
Examples
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We are eating wieners and corn dogs today.
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But they had wanted to go to the wiener roast so badly.
Fiction book (1993) -
Any of you kids want another wiener?
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All three of them had been invited to a wiener roast in the backyard of one of Betty's schoolmates.
Fiction book (1993) -
I looked for her at Nathan's Famous, where the street corner reeked of wieners and mustard.
Fiction book (2002) -
George was a dark-red bratwurst, a "dash-hound," a dachshund, Rhineland wiener dog.
Fiction book (1998) -
With their tiny legs, you'd think wiener dogs (or dachshunds, if you're a fancy lad) would be slow.
Blog text (23) -
He grilled several wieners and served them in fresh buns for the picnic.
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At the fair, I enjoyed a spicy wiener with sauerkraut and onions.
Synonyms
252
1.0
A cooked sausage in a sliced bun, often with mustard or ketchup
184
1.0
A food made from ground meat and spices in a thin skin
44
6.8
A small soft sausage made from beef or pork and often served in a bun
19
1.0
A cooked sausage in a sliced bun often eaten as fast food
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3.2
A smooth sausage usually made from beef or pork and eaten in a roll
3
2.0
A smooth, smoky sausage of pork or beef often served in a bread roll
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3.4
A thin cooked sausage used in a hot dog
A thin smoked sausage made from beef or pork often served in a bun
A sausage cooked on a grill and put in a bun like a hot dog
Compounds
- Informal
A casual outdoor party where people cook hot dogs over a fire and eat them
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word wiener comes from the German word Wiener, which means 'from Vienna' and was short for Wiener Würstchen 'Viennese sausage'. So a wiener is simply a sausage named after the city of Vienna, which helps you remember its food meaning.