Sausage

/ˈsɔːsɪdʒ/

Meaning & Definition

noun

A cylindrical piece of meat that is typically encased in a skin and often seasoned.

I grilled some spicy sausage for the barbecue.

A food product made from ground meat, fat, and other ingredients, usually encased in a casing.

The supermarket has a wide variety of sausages, including Italian and chorizo.

A dish made with sausage as a primary ingredient.

We had pasta with sausage and peppers for dinner.

Sausage can also refer to a type of processed meat product sold in links or sliced.

She added sausage slices to the breakfast omelet.

From Middle English 'sausice', from Old French 'saucisse', from Latin 'salsicia', from 'salsus' meaning salted.

jumping the sausage

To get excited or anxious about something.

it's not my sausage

It's not my responsibility or concern.

the sausage factory

A place where complicated processes are made to seem simple.

salami

A type of cured sausage made from fermented and air-dried meat.

pepperoni

A spicy Italian-American variety of salami, usually made from pork and beef.

bratwurst

A German sausage made of pork, beef, or veal, often grilled.

A humorous term for a man's genitals.

He made a funny comment about his sausage in the locker room.

A term for something that is seen as undesirable or unattractive.

That old TV is a real sausage.