: a large smoked sausage of beef, veal, and pork
also
: a sausage made (as of turkey) to resemble bologna
Examples of bologna in a Sentence
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Breakfast starts at 7 a.m. — plenty of time for neighborhood hard hats to slam an egg sandwich with salty country ham or fried bologna before starting the day’s work.
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Ben Jarrell, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2024
Returning to CBGBs a week later for the Dead Boys show, seeing lead Stiv Bators go mental, blowing his nose into bologna slices all night, rubbing them on the floor and eating them.
—Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 23 Jan. 2024
Crain and his wife bought the Hollis Country Store on Arkansas 7 -- which opened in 1930 and is known for its fried bologna sandwiches -- late in 2020 and moved back to the Natural State.
—Aaron Gettinger, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2023
The couple enjoy eating and cooking together — everything from crawfish to bologna, gumbo, turkey legs and donuts.
—Emily J. Shiffer, Peoplemag, 8 Oct. 2023
All serve ribs and rib tips, burgers, and smoked bologna, but the barbecue sandwiches are the real standouts.
—Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2023
The inmates feed the cats the bologna, creating a natural bond between them and the felines.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 1 Sep. 2023
Salami, bologna, pepperoni and pastrami, for example, have more sodium and are generally more processed.
—USA TODAY, 4 June 2023
The deli’s sandwich and wrap selections include smoked ham and cheese, bologna and cheese, smoked turkey, chicken salad, tuna salad, corned beef and Swiss, a Reuben and a BLT.
—Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al, 22 Sep. 2020
Ben Jarrell, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2024
Returning to CBGBs a week later for the Dead Boys show, seeing lead Stiv Bators go mental, blowing his nose into bologna slices all night, rubbing them on the floor and eating them.
—Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 23 Jan. 2024
Crain and his wife bought the Hollis Country Store on Arkansas 7 -- which opened in 1930 and is known for its fried bologna sandwiches -- late in 2020 and moved back to the Natural State.
—Aaron Gettinger, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2023
The couple enjoy eating and cooking together — everything from crawfish to bologna, gumbo, turkey legs and donuts.
—Emily J. Shiffer, Peoplemag, 8 Oct. 2023
All serve ribs and rib tips, burgers, and smoked bologna, but the barbecue sandwiches are the real standouts.
—Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2023
The inmates feed the cats the bologna, creating a natural bond between them and the felines.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 1 Sep. 2023
Salami, bologna, pepperoni and pastrami, for example, have more sodium and are generally more processed.
—USA TODAY, 4 June 2023
The deli’s sandwich and wrap selections include smoked ham and cheese, bologna and cheese, smoked turkey, chicken salad, tuna salad, corned beef and Swiss, a Reuben and a BLT.
—Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al, 22 Sep. 2020
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bologna
noun
bo·lo·gna
bə-ˈlō-nē 
also -n(y)ə
: a large smoked sausage of beef, veal, and pork
Geographical Definition
Bologna
geographical name
Bo·lo·gna
bō-ˈlō-nyä
variants
or ancient Bononia
commune in northern Italy at the foot of the Apennines; capital of the region of Emilia-Romagna population 379,964
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