Used in a Sentence

twinkie

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for twinkie.

Editorial note

Whereas eating a twinkie is clearly not going to benefit your health, with information it's not so cut and dry.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A generic version of the snack food, that is an oblong yellow cake with a creamy white filling.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of twinkie gathered in one view.

noun

A generic version of the snack food, that is an oblong yellow cake with a creamy white filling.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of twinkie. [A generic version of the snack food, that is an oblong yellow cake with a creamy white filling.]

noun

(food) A yellow cake with a creamy white filling, known for its artificiality and supposedly long shelf life.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for twinkie.

noun

A generic version of the snack food, that is an oblong yellow cake with a creamy white filling.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of twinkie. [A generic version of the snack food, that is an oblong yellow cake with a creamy white filling.]

noun

(food) A yellow cake with a creamy white filling, known for its artificiality and supposedly long shelf life.

noun

(figurative) An actor, actress, or public figure who is considered to be no more than eye candy.

Example sentences

1

Whereas eating a twinkie is clearly not going to benefit your health, with information it's not so cut and dry.

2

Not as much a difference as actual twinkie filling, but either way you're stuck with a similar issue.

3

Among others, the ideas of refining and processing the chemical products of plants and animals, and how to make a twinkie-like baked good.

4

I can threaten to eat a Twinkie unless you give me one million dollars if I feel like it.

5

It would be funny if they snuck a cubed Twinkie in there.

6

The funnier thing is we can't call this the Twinkie defense, because that is already taken.

7

It's a lot like Ayn Rand actually, it's not that it's objectively worthless, but it's Twinkie pop philosophy that people are exhausted grading papers of.

8

Not if you start with a gold bar, then hollow the core out like a Twinkie and fill it with tungsten and the plug the end.

9

I'm not trying to say that I think it's as simple as 'put down the fork fatty!' or 'put the twinkie down!'.

10

I'm sure there's an entire office of twinkie-munching government bureaucrats that could be fired to compensate the California tax-payer for this gross misappropriation of his hard-earned tax dollars.

11

In practice, most of the people who are against in principal will have no problem eating a Twinkie that has GMO wheat in it so long as everyone else is eating one too.

12

If you run the numbers, the Twinkie Diet guy was actually eating fewer carbs than the average American simply because of calorie restriction, and his low protein intake would almost certainly result in the loss of muscle mass.

Quote examples

1

I love that line in Ghostbusters: ""Let's say this Twinkie represents the normal amount of psychokinetic energy in the New York area."[1] It stupid and silly, hell its Ghostbusters, but the scene is an authentic template of many idiotic and funny explanations you witness in random casual conversation, as well as being pretty much a template for all latter day Bill Murray scenes.

Proper noun examples

1

The world you guys have created is dumb as hell and fake as a Twinkie.

2

I didn't really grasp it at the time, but the whole world we lived in was as fake as a Twinkie.

3

I'm sure the basis of these distinctions rest on some idea of social utility - that trying to turn a profit has more social utility than eating a Twinkie.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use twinkie in a sentence?

Whereas eating a twinkie is clearly not going to benefit your health, with information it's not so cut and dry.

What does twinkie mean?

A generic version of the snack food, that is an oblong yellow cake with a creamy white filling.

What part of speech is twinkie?

twinkie is commonly used as noun.