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weenie

weenie

44 6.8
A small soft sausage made from beef or pork and often served in a bun
  • noun
  • /ˈwiːni/
  • US
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  • 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.

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Examples

  • She's cooking the favorite noodle weenie dogs.

  • OK so it is a hot dog bun, an Oscar Mayer weenie relish, mustard and pumpkin spice.

  • On second thought, just bring the booze, I brought my own weenie.

  • Who's up for a weenie roast?

  • For lunch, I made a classic meal of weenies with sauerkraut and ketchup.

  • The children laughed as they roasted weenies over the campfire.

Synonyms

dog
vsweenie
627 8.4

A thin cooked sausage often served in a bread roll

is the familiar casual name used for that same sausage
hot dog
vsweenie
252 1.0

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

focuses on smoking and a plain bread roll rather than sandwich condiments
wiener
vsweenie
  • US
69 1.8

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

is the familiar casual name used for that same sausage
hotdog
vsweenie
19 1.0

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

is often described as smoked and served in a simple bread roll
frank
vsweenie
  • US
9 3.2

A smooth sausage usually made from beef or pork and eaten in a roll

is the familiar casual name used for that same sausage
baloney
vsweenie
  • US
6 4.2

A large smoked sausage often sliced for sandwiches

is smaller, served whole in a roll rather than sliced for sandwiches
frankfurter
vsweenie
3 2.0

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

is the familiar casual name used for that same sausage
wienerwurst
vsweenie
8.8

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

is the familiar casual name used for that same sausage
polony
vsweenie
  • UK
8.8

A seasoned sausage like bologna made from finely ground meat

is smaller and smoked, usually eaten whole in a roll rather than sliced

Compounds

weenie roast
  • Informal
2 7.2

An informal outdoor gathering where people cook hot dogs over an open fire

Unix weenie
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who loves Unix systems and the command line and ignores other systems

Surface Forms

weenie singular
weenies plural

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.