weenie roast
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈwiːni roʊst/
- Informal
:
asado de salchichas
- For our fire badge, we had a weenie roast in your backyard!
Examples
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This is your last chance before the big weenie roast!
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Who's up for a weenie roast?
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This weekend, it's time to finally scrub the gunk off the barbecue grill for the annual weenie roast.
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Apple bobbing, a bonfire, and a weenie roast are planned.
Synonyms
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1.0
A meal people eat outdoors for pleasure
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1.2
An outdoor meal where people cook food on a grill and eat together
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1.9
An outdoor meal where people make and eat food, often on a grill
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1.0
A fun outdoor meal where people cook and eat together
A casual outdoor party where people cook hot dogs over a fire and eat them
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound meaning is directly derivable from 'weenie' (sausage) + 'roast' (to cook over fire): a B1 learner who knows both words can infer an event where sausages are roasted and served. This matches common cross-linguistic concepts (barbecue/cookout) and follows ordinary English noun-compounding, so the expression is transparent.
Etymology
The noun weenie roast comes from simple camping and backyard scenes where people cook weenies (an informal word for 'hot dog') on sticks over an open fire. Because the main food is the weenies being roasted, the phrase now means a casual outdoor party built around cooking and eating them.