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WEENIE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
Synonyms:
dog; frank; frankfurter; hot dog; hotdog; weenie; wiener; wienerwurst
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("weenie" is a kind of...):
sausage (highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "weenie"):
Vienna sausage (short slender frankfurter usually with ends cut off)
Holonyms ("weenie" is a part of...):
hot dog; hotdog; red hot (a frankfurter served hot on a bun)