sausage
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sausage
- /ˈsɒsɪd͡ʒ/ UK
- /ˈsɔsɪd͡ʒ/ US
- /ˈsɑsɪd͡ʒ/ cot caught merger
- /ˈsæsɪd͡ʒ/ obsolete
- /ˈsɑːsɪd͡ʒ/ obsolete
Rhymes with -ɒsɪdʒ, -ɔsɪdʒ, -ɑsɪdʒ
Where it comes from
From late Middle English sawsiche, from Anglo-Norman sausiche (compare Norman saûciche), from Late Latin salsīcia (compare Sicilian sausizza, Spanish salchicha, Italian salsiccia), feminine of salsīcius (“seasoned with salt”), derivative of Latin salsus (“salted”), from sal (“salt”). More at salt. Doublet of saucisse. See also Sicilian sausizza. Displaced native Old English mearh.
noun sausages
- A food made of ground meat (or meat substitute) and seasoning, packed in a section of the animal's intestine, or in a similarly cylindrical shaped synthetic casing.
- An individual item of this food. "When frying sausages," remarked Cripps, who seemed to regard that occupation as a cult, "it is advisable to perforate the outer skin with a fork."
- A sausage-shaped thing.
- A penis.
- A term of endearment. my little sausage
- A saucisse.
- A dachshund; sausage dog.
- Ellipsis of sausage roll (“the dole; unemployment”). I got fired and I'm back on the sausage again.
verb sausages · sausaging · sausaged
- To squeeze (something) tightly into in a rolled or sausage-like form. He leapt to his feet, carefully sausaged his screwdrivers in a roll beneath his arm and turned to reach into the box.
- To squeeze (something) into something tightly fitting. He is sausaged into several overcoats and wears a brown macintosh under which he holds a roll of parchment.
- To fit snugly into. Dressing in a flash, she sausaged on her skinny jeans and sleeveless camo top with peek-a-boo sides for boob aficionados.
- To make into sausage. There is no escaping the Limerick pig. In single file, in battalions, as solitary scout, alive or dead, baconed and sausaged, he dominates the town.
- To make sausage-like, especially to give the appearance of barely fitting into the casing or skin. Blood and gravity had sausaged her legs and feet, fattening them into white-stocking loaves that dangled eighteen inches above her neatly folded nurse’s uniform on the floor.
- To form a sausage-like shape, with a non-uniform cross section.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: blimp, sausage balloon, wurst, wiener, salami, gravy, baloney, pudding, sauce, brisket, carrot, weenie, blanket, pillow, sock, hot
Translations
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noun a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing
| Español | embutido, salchicha, salchichón |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 소시지 sosiji |
| 日本語 | ソーセージ sōsēji, カルパス karupasu |
| 中文 | 香腸 /香肠 xiāngcháng |
| हिन्दी | सॉसेज sŏsej |
| Kiswahili | soseji |
| Português | salsicha, linguiça |
| Français | saucisse |
| Deutsch | Wurst |
| Italiano | salsiccia, salame, salume, insaccato |
| Ελληνικά | λουκάνικο loukániko |
| Română | cârnat |
| Русский | колбаса́ kolbasá, соси́ска sosíska |
| Tiếng Việt | xúc xích |
| العربية | سُجُق sujuq, نَقَانِق naqāniq |
| עברית | נַקְנִיק nakník |
Talk about this word "sausage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sausage. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sausage. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sausage "sausage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sausage.Cite this
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title = {sausage},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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