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buffalo wing
noun
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or Buffalo wing
: a deep-fried chicken wing coated with a spicy sauce and usually served with a blue cheese dressing
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Flavored with buffalo-style hot sauce, this recipe channels the spirit of buffalo wings dunked in ranch.
—Krissy Tiglias, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2024
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
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Word History
Etymology
Buffalo, New York
First Known Use
1981, in the meaning defined above
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“Buffalo wing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buffalo%20wing. Accessed 19 Nov. 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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