weenie
- noun
- /ˈwiːni/
- US
- At the picnic, we enjoyed grilled weenies in toasted buns.
- a weenie roast
- cocktail weenies
- got a weenie
OK so it is a hot dog bun, an Oscar Mayer weenie relish, mustard and pumpkin spice.
- OK so it is a hot dog bun, an Oscar Mayer weenie relish, mustard and pumpkin spice.
- Could have brought steaks as Plan B instead of weenies.
- Then if I were to show you that story, I would say six days a week I had to eat beanies and weenies.
Examples
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She's cooking the favorite noodle weenie dogs.
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OK so it is a hot dog bun, an Oscar Mayer weenie relish, mustard and pumpkin spice.
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On second thought, just bring the booze, I brought my own weenie.
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Who's up for a weenie roast?
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For lunch, I made a classic meal of weenies with sauerkraut and ketchup.
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The children laughed as they roasted weenies over the campfire.
Synonyms
A thin cooked sausage often served in a bread roll
A cooked sausage in a sliced bun, often with mustard or ketchup
A small cooked sausage often served in a bread roll like a hot dog
A cooked sausage in a sliced bun often eaten as fast food
A smooth sausage usually made from beef or pork and eaten in a roll
A large smoked sausage often sliced for sandwiches
A smooth, smoky sausage of pork or beef often served in a bread roll
A thin smoked sausage made from beef or pork often served in a bun
A seasoned sausage like bologna made from finely ground meat
Compounds
- Informal
An informal outdoor gathering where people cook hot dogs over an open fire
- Offensive
A person who loves Unix systems and the command line and ignores other systems
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word weenie comes from the German Wiener, which means 'from Vienna' and named a small sausage from Vienna. English speakers shortened Wiener to weenie, so it now means a small hot dog or sausage.