# weenie

/wˈiːni/ (UK) · CEFR B2 · Noun

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/weenie
Updated: 2026-10-18

## Definition

a small cooked sausage served in a long soft bread roll, like a hot dog. You also hear it as a playful insult for someone acting timid or weak.

For teachers: a small frankfurter sausage served cooked, usually in a long soft roll. By extension, a timid or ineffectual person, used as a mild insult.

## Examples

- I grill a weenie for lunch.
- The kids roast weenies over the campfire and put them in soft buns with mustard.
- At the stadium, vendors shout over the crowd as fans balance trays of weenies, napkins fluttering in the evening wind.

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