English Explanatory Dictionary

hot dog

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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. A battered, deep-fried sausage or saveloy on a stick; a corn dog.
  5. Describing the shape of a rectangular piece of paper folded in half so that it forms a long rectangle.
  6. The penis.
  7. A sexually suggestive physical gesture involving movement of the hips.
verb
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɒt.dɒɡ/ /ˈhɑt.dɔɡ/ /-dɑɡ/ /ˈhɑt.dɑɡ/ /ˈhʌt.dɒɡ/ [ˈhʌʔ.dɒːɡ] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-hot dog.wav en-au-hot dog.ogg /ˌhɒtˈdɒɡ/ /ˌhɑtˈdɔɡ/ /-ˈdɑɡ/ /ˌhɑtˈdɑɡ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-hot dog!.wav

Word forms

hot dog hot dogs hotdog hot-dog hot dogging hot dogged

Etymology

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

Synonyms

frankfurter frank frankfurt wiener weenie glizzy tube steak pimp steak red hot dog footlong sausage wienie anaconda baloney pony bald-headed hermit banana birdie bobby boonga cack choad choda chode chopper cigar cock corey crank cucumber custard launcher D dick dicklet diddle diddly dingaling ding-a-ling ding-dong dinger dingle dingus dingy dink dinkle dipstick dirk disco stick dog bone dong donger Donkey Kong doodle dork down fire hose fuckpole gherkin hairy canary hammer

Related words

sav saveloy

Derived words

American hot dog carrot dog cheese dog Chicago dog Chicago-style hot dog chili dog chocolate hot dog Coney Island hot dog corndog dagwood dog hot dog bun hot doggery hot-doggy Japadog junkyard dog like throwing a hot dog down a hallway not dog veggie dog hot-dogger

Translations

Albanian: salsiçe Albanian: hot dog Arabic: هُوت دُوج Arabic: هوت دوق Armenian: հոթ դոգ Armenian: նրբերշիկ Azerbaijani: hot-doq Belarusian: хот-до́г Bengali: হট ডগ Bulgarian: хот-до́г Bulgarian: хот до́г Bulgarian: кре́нвирш Burmese: ဟော့ဒေါ့ Catalan: entrepà de frankfurt Chinese Cantonese: 熱狗 /热狗 Chinese Cantonese: 熱狗腸 /热狗肠 Chinese Mandarin: 熱狗 /热狗 Chinese Mandarin: 熱狗腸 /热狗肠 Czech: hot dog Czech: hotdog Danish: hotdog Danish: varm hund Danish: pølse med brød Danish: pølse Dutch: hotdog Dzongkha: ཧོཊ་ཌོག Esperanto: kolbasobulko Esperanto: hotdogo Esperanto: frankfurto Estonian: hot dog Finnish: nakkisämpylä Finnish: hodari Finnish: hot dog Finnish: nakki French: hot-dog French: chien chaud French: roteux Georgian: ჰოთ-დოგი Georgian: ჰოთდოგი German: Bratwurst im Brötchen German: Hotdog German: Hot Dog Greek: χοτ ντογκ Hebrew: נקניקייה Hebrew: נַקְנִיקִיָּה Hindi: होट डोग Hindi: हॉट-डॉग Hungarian: hotdog Hungarian: virsli Icelandic: pylsa Indonesian: hot dog Italian: hot dog Italian: cane caldo Italian: cagnolino caldo Italian: salsiccia Italian: würstel Japanese: ホットドッグ Japanese: ホットドック Japanese: ソーセージ Japanese: フランクフルト Kazakh: хот-дог Korean: 핫도그 Kyrgyz: хот-дог Latvian: hotdogs Lithuanian: dešrainis Macedonian: хот-дог Macedonian: виршла Malay: hot dog Marathi: हॉट डॉग Navajo: achʼííʼ yázhí sidohí Navajo: atsįʼ níyizí Navajo: achʼííʼ yázhí Norman: caûd tchian Norwegian Bokmål: pølse Norwegian Bokmål: pølse i brød
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