sausage

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) 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; a length of this food.
2. (countable, uncountable) A sausage-shaped thing.
3. (countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar) A penis.
4. (countable, informal, uncountable) A term of endearment.
5. (archaic, countable, uncountable) A saucisse.
6. (countable, uncountable) A dachshund; sausage dog.
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, slang, uncountable) Ellipsis of sausage roll (“the dole; unemployment”).

Verb

1. (intransitive) To squeeze tightly into (something) in a rolled or sausage-like form.
2. (transitive) To squeeze (something) into something tightly fitting.
3. (transitive, with-on) To fit snugly into.
4. (transitive) To make into sausage.
5. (transitive) To make sausage-like, especially to give the appearance of barely fitting into the casing or skin.
6. To form a sausage-like shape, with a non-uniform cross section.

Synonyms

frankfurter

salami

wurst

blimp

sausage balloon

banger

sassage

pork sausage

pudding

snag

stuffing

Wiener

blood-pudding

stuffed casings

black-pudding

airship

pizza puff

dirigible

guts

hotdog

🌭

hot dog

intestines

kielbasa

Translations

Wurst

salsiccia

saucisse

worst

salchicha

salsicha

saucisson

embutido

beuling

λουκάνικο

salsitxa

Würstchen

botifarra

andouille

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɒsɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sawsiche

Cognate with Jèrriais: saûciche

Cognate with Sicilian: sausizza

Cognate with Spanish: salchicha

Cognate with Italian: salsiccia

Cognate with Old English: mearh

In summary

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.