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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | frankfurter |
| Synonyms: | Georgia hot, boaster, crowd-pleaser, dog, flaunter, foot long, footlong, frank, frankfurter, grandstander, hotshot, pigs in a blanket, red-hot, redhot, sausage, showboat, weenie, weenie, wiener |
| Notes: | a frankfurter is a smoked sausage, hot dog describes a frankfurter served in a bun or roll, and wiener is actually 'wienerwurst' or Vienna sausage and later became a synonym for frankfurter |
| Main Entry: | frankfurter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cylindrical meat sausage |
| Synonyms: | Coney Island, bowwow, dog*, footlong, frank, hot dog, link, weenie, wiener, wienerwurst |
| Notes: | a frankfurter is a smoked sausage, hot dog describes a frankfurter served in a bun or roll, and wiener is actually 'wienerwurst' or Vienna sausage and later became a synonym for frankfurter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grandstand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | show off |
| Synonyms: | be ostentatious, be vain, flaunt it, hot dog, parade, play to the crowd, prance, put on airs, showboat, strut, swagger |
| Main Entry: | ham |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one who overacts |
| Synonyms: | exhibitionist, grandstander, hot dog, hotshot, showoff |
| Main Entry: | wiener |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | frankfurter |
| Synonyms: | Vienna sausage, dog*, footlong, frank*, hot dog, link, sausage, wienerwurst |
| Notes: | a frankfurter is a smoked sausage, hot dog describes a frankfurter served in a bun or roll, and wiener is actually 'wienerwurst' or Vienna sausage and later became a synonym for frankfurter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | influential |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | effective, powerful |
| Synonyms: | affecting, authoritative, big-gun, big-wheel, controlling, dominant, efficacious, famous, forcible, governing, guiding, hot-dog, important, impressive, inspiring, instrumental, leading, major-league, meaningful, momentous, moving, name, persuasive, potent, prominent, significant, strong, substantial, telling, touching, weighty |
| Antonyms: | ineffective, ineffectual, unimportant, uninfluential, unmoving, weak |
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