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sausage

/ˈsɒsɪd͡ʒ/ · noun

Meaning

  1. 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.
  2. An individual item of this food.
  3. A sausage-shaped thing.
  4. A penis.
  5. A term of endearment.
  6. A saucisse.
  7. A dachshund; sausage dog.
  8. Ellipsis of sausage roll (“the dole; unemployment”).
  9. To squeeze tightly into (something) in a rolled or sausage-like form.
  10. To squeeze (something) into something tightly fitting.
  11. To fit snugly into.
  12. To make into sausage.
  13. To make sausage-like, especially to give the appearance of barely fitting into the casing or skin.
  14. To form a sausage-like shape, with a non-uniform cross section.

Etymology / origin

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.

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