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Hot dog
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- 1 An expression of delight or enthusiasm.
"He patted his lap for her to sit on. Hot dog, I said to myself; settin' on his lap!"
- 2 An expression of disappointment.
- 1 A sausage, typically a frankfurter.
"Don't forget to buy some hot dogs to grill and some buns to put them on."
- 2 a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll wordnet
- 3 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.
"He ordered a hot dog with everything on it."
- 4 a frankfurter served hot on a bun wordnet
- 5 A show-off or daredevil, especially in such sports as surfing, skateboarding, or skiing.
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- 6 someone who performs dangerous stunts to attract attention to themself wordnet
- 7 A battered, deep-fried sausage or saveloy on a stick; a corn dog. New-Zealand
- 8 Describing the shape of a rectangular piece of paper folded in half so that it forms a long rectangle. US, informal
- 9 The penis. slang, vulgar
"primarily verbal teasing from both male and female students, ranging from statements that the student had a "hot dog in her pants" and that she had "sex with hot dogs." to graffiti that "Jane is a hot dog bitch.""
- 10 A sexually suggestive physical gesture involving movement of the hips. slang, vulgar
"This gyrated gesture (“hot dog”) appears to suggest the movements of sexual intercourse to an onlooker, but for girls it's merely play. The movement is also, however, a way of learning to move one's hips in a way that will become useful, on and off the dance floor, in their embodied relations with others."
- 1 To perform a dangerous or difficult act or stunt as a display of skill or daring, especially in surfing and other sports. intransitive, slang
Etymology
From hot + dog, in reference to the supposed source of the meat, both in the senses of the food item (noun sense 1, noun sense 2) and of a show-off (noun sense 3). First attested in 1884 in the Evansville (Indiana) Daily Courier.
From hot + dog, in reference to the supposed source of the meat, both in the senses of the food item (noun sense 1, noun sense 2) and of a show-off (noun sense 3). First attested in 1884 in the Evansville (Indiana) Daily Courier.
From hot + dog, in reference to the supposed source of the meat, both in the senses of the food item (noun sense 1, noun sense 2) and of a show-off (noun sense 3). First attested in 1884 in the Evansville (Indiana) Daily Courier.
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