Meanings
nounbuffalo wing (plural buffalo wings)
plural buffalo wings
- A snack made of an unbreaded, fried chicken wing coated in spicy sauce.
Origin
Buffalo + wing. From being a chicken wing dish invented in Buffalo, New York, USA.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French aile Buffalo, aile de poulet Buffalo
- aile Buffalofried chicken wing coated in spicy sauce
- aile de poulet Buffalofried chicken wing coated in spicy sauce
- aile piquante Buffalofried chicken wing coated in spicy sauce
Hungarian bölényszárny
- bölényszárnyfried chicken wing coated in spicy sauce
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Chicago
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