weenie
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of weenie
wien(er) + -ie; weenie ( def. 3 ) probably influenced by or continuous with weeny small child, noun use of weeny tiny ( see wee, teeny-weeny)
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Warner CEO David Zaslav, himself no weenie, reportedly has rejected three Ellison offers, the latest for $23.50 a share.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
He is such a weenie that he couldn't even stand to walk outside where he'd be heckled by the crowd of unarmed, peaceful protesters.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2023
It was just another weenie Wednesday for Abbey Rank and Keila Garza.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2022
Not that he would have stood up well against Ike anyway, Stevenson’s vacillation added to the perception that he was a weenie.
From Fox News ● Jun. 4, 2019
“Oh, sure! Nicer than that weenie sports car El Patron gave I” you!
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
“He bought, like, 20 packages of weenies yesterday,” said Chris, a store manager.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2022
We’ll call up Jim and ask him to arbitrate, to tell us whether Washington is full of weenies or whether it is, in fact, actually cold.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 4, 2018
A classic strategy of the school bully is to make his enemies look, in comparison, like uptight weenies.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 3, 2017
This is truly the worst crime of The Wine Show: It takes two dreamboats and reduces them to weenies.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2016
Once I took two weenies from our groceries.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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