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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
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Across the United States, skates are the seafood equivalent of buffalo wings, and mako and thresher sharks are also being featured in restaurant menus across the country.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
While the end of the year is synonymous with Thanksgiving turkeys and Christmas hams, buffalo wings become the main meat on everyone's mind once a new year arrives.
—Justin L. MacK, Axios, 25 Nov. 2024
The Original Crab Shanty also serves plenty of seafood pastas, fried appetizers like buffalo wings and mozzarella sticks, oysters, a full raw bar, and some nonseafood options like prime rib, chicken parm and filet.
—Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 20 Nov. 2024
Maybe Kyle is being smited by the vegetarian overlords for eating those buffalo wings the other day.
—Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 13 Nov. 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 21 Dec. 2024.
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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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