hoagie
Plural: hoagies
Noun
- A large sandwich served on a long roll.
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
- A sandwich made on a (usually soft) long Italian roll; a submarine sandwich.
- A tortilla or chapati wrap filled with meat (usually doner kebab meat; seasoned lamb or mutton), chips and cheese.
Examples
- He devoured a hoagie while waiting for his Words With Friends opponent to make a move.
- I'm going to Wawa to get a hoagie for lunch.
Origin / Etymology
Uncertain. Often suggested to derive from hog, either in reference to Hog Island, a site of shipyards that employed Italian immigrants (who were supposedly called hoggies and who supposedly packed these sandwiches for lunch), or in reference to pork as an ingredient.
Synonyms
bomber, Cuban sandwich, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep
Scrabble Score: 10
hoagie: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhoagie: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hoagie: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary