buffalo wing

noun

variants or Buffalo wing
: a deep-fried chicken wing coated with a spicy sauce and usually served with a blue cheese dressing

Examples of buffalo wing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In place of buffalo wings, wing dings or chicken tenders, Tocororo plates three of everyone’s favorite chicken part, smoked, fried and slathered in your choice of sauce. Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 17 July 2024 Or perhaps my aunt and I shared some bone-in buffalo wings. Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2024 For the wings category, the price of buffalo wings from the top five restaurants in each city was gathered before calculating the average cost for six wings. Marina Johnson, The Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2024 Some of the selections include new takes on buffalo wings, chocolate cake, and fried chicken. Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for buffalo wing 

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Word History

Etymology

Buffalo, New York

First Known Use

1981, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of buffalo wing was in 1981

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Cite this Entry

“Buffalo wing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buffalo%20wing. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

buffalo wing

noun
: a deep-fried chicken wing coated with a spicy sauce and usually served with a blue cheese dressing
Etymology

named for Buffalo, NY

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