wiener
Plural: wieners
Noun
- A frankfurter sausage; a hot dog.
- United States mathematician and founder of cybernetics (1894-1964)
- a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
- A type of sausage made from beef, chicken or pork.
- A hot dog or frankfurter.
- The penis.
- A person who is nervous or afraid to partake in certain activities.
- An irritating or disliked person.
Examples
- He craved a WIENER after an intense four-hour Scrabble marathon.
Origin / Etymology
Clipping of wienerwurst, from German Wienerwurst (“Vienna sausage”), from Wiener (“of Vienna, Viennese”) + Wurst (“sausage”), because sausages were originally made in Vienna, Austria.
In Germany today this sausage is known as Wiener Würstchen (“small sausage from Vienna”), but in Vienna and the Netherlands it is called a Frankfurter or Frankfurter Würstchen (“small sausage from Frankfurt”).
Synonyms
dog, frank, frankfurter, hot dog, hotdog, Norbert Wiener, weenie, wienerwurst, nervous wreck, nuisance, pain in the neck, penis, wienie, winky, worrier, worrywart
Scrabble Score: 9
wiener: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordwiener: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wiener: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary