sausage

Meanings

Plural: sausages

Noun

highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings
a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon
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.
A sausage-shaped thing.
The penis.
A term of endearment.
A saucisse.
A dachshund; sausage dog.
Ellipsis of sausage roll (“the dole; unemployment”).

Verb

To squeeze tightly into something.
To make into sausage.
To make sausage-like, especially to give the appearance of barely fitting into the casing or skin.
To form a sausage-like shape, with a non-uniform cross section.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Synonyms

blimp, sausage balloon

Scrabble Score: 8

sausage is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
sausage is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sausage is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

sausage is a valid Words With Friends word