hot dog

Meaning

Noun

1. A sausage, typically a frankfurter.
2. A food item (dish) consisting of a frankfurter or wiener and (usually) a hot dog bun, with toppings such as ketchup, mustard, relish, sauerkraut, onions, cheese, etc.
3. A show-off or daredevil, especially in such sports as surfing, skateboarding, or skiing.
4. (New-Zealand) A battered, deep-fried sausage or saveloy on a stick; a corn dog.
5. (US, informal) Describing the shape of a rectangular piece of paper folded in half so that it forms a long rectangle.
6. (slang, vulgar) The penis.
7. (slang, vulgar) A sexually suggestive physical gesture involving movement of the hips.

Verb

To perform a dangerous or difficult act or stunt as a display of skill or daring, especially in surfing and other sports.

Intj

1. An expression of delight or enthusiasm.
2. An expression of disappointment.

Synonyms

hotdog

🌭

frankfurter

wiener

wienerwurst

weenie

red hot

dog

🐕

frank

yes

Vienna sausage

franfurter

Wiener

you beaut

yowzer

sausage dog

weenie dog

wiener dog

dachshund

doxie

daredevil

hooray

red-hot

sausage

whacko

whee

whoopee

Translations

cachorro-quente

hot-dog

perrito caliente

perrito

sosisli sandviç

Hotdog

salchicha

salsicha

pancho

hot dog

Hot Dog

panino con würstel e senape

frankfurt

chien chaud

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhɒt.dɒɡ/

Etymology

From hot + dog, in reference to the supposed source of the meat, both in the senses of the food item (sense 1, sense 2) and of a show-off (sense 3). First attested in 1884 in the Evansville (Indiana) Daily Courier.