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Kielbasa

//kilˈbɑsə// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Polish.
Noun
  1. 1
    A spicy, smoked sausage of a particular kind from Eastern Europe. countable, uncountable

    "Congressmen gleefully wolfed down every imaginable version of the hot dog – smoked kielbasas, jumbo grillers, Big & Juicy's, kosher dogs and spiced dogs […]"

  2. 2
    Penis. countable, slang, uncountable

    "Eric Andre: Do you think God's got a cooter or a big-ass kielbasa? Quincy: He's got it all. Eric Andre: That's gross."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Polish kiełbasa (“sausage”), from Proto-Slavic *kъlbasa, which may derive from Proto-Turkic for "grilled cutlet," literally "pressed on ashes," from *kül (“ash”) + *bas (“to press”) (modern Turkish basmak). See the Ukrainian cognate ковбаса́ (kovbasá, “sausage”), whence kubasa, for more information.

Etymology 2

From Polish Kiełbasa, from kiełbasa (“sausage”).

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