hot dog
Meaning
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- A frankfurter sausage.
- A food item consisting of a frankfurter or wiener, typically served on a hot dog bun, with toppings such as ketchup, mustard, relish, sauerkraut, onions, cheese, etc.
- A show-off or daredevil, especially in such sports as surfing, skateboarding, or skiing.
- A battered, deep-fried sausage or saveloy on a stick; a corn dog.
- (slang) The penis.
- A sexually suggestive physical gesture involving hip movement.
- (informal) Describing the shape of a rectangular piece of paper folded in half so that it forms a long rectangle.
Concepts
hot dog
hotdog
frankfurter
wiener
wienerwurst
weenie
dog
frank
red hot
franfurter
hooray
whacko
whee
whoopee
yes
you beaut
yowzer
red-hot
Wiener
sausage
dachshund
sausage dog
weenie dog
wiener dog
doxie
daredevil
Vienna sausage
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhɒt.dɒɡ/
Etymology
1894 (US college slang) from hot + dog (“in reference to supposed source of the meat”), both the sense of frankfurter in a roll, and of show-off.
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