SAUSAGE


Meaning of SAUSAGE in English

saus ‧ age S3 /ˈsɒsɪdʒ $ ˈsɒː-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable]

[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Old North French ; Origin: saussiche , from Late Latin salsicia , from Latin salsus 'salted' ]

1 . a small tube of skin filled with a mixture of meat, spices etc, eaten hot or cold after it has been cooked:

pork sausages

2 . not a sausage! British English old-fashioned informal nothing at all:

‘Have you heard from Tom yet?’ ‘No, not a sausage!’

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.