Definition of "sausage" in Anglais

noun

1. 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.

2. An individual item of this food.

3. A sausage-shaped thing.

4. (vulgar slang) A penis.

5. (informal) A term of endearment.

   • my little sausage
   • There are loads of mazes, it's all really good fun and utterly addictive — so you should certainly consider adding this little sausage to your collection.

6. (military, archaic) A saucisse.

7. A dachshund; sausage dog.

8. (rhyming slang) Ellipsis of sausage roll (“the dole; unemployment”).

   • I got fired and I'm back on the sausage again.

verb

1. (intransitive) To squeeze tightly into (something) in a rolled or sausage-like form.

2. (transitive) To squeeze (something) into something tightly fitting.

3. (transitive, with on) To fit snugly into.

4. (transitive) To make into sausage.

5. (transitive) To make sausage-like, especially to give the appearance of barely fitting into the casing or skin.

6. (engineering) To form a sausage-like shape, with a non-uniform cross section.