hot rod

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Typically a passenger vehicle modified to run and/or accelerate faster. The term may be used generically to apply to any car, truck, or motorcycle (et al.) modified for increased speed and/or performance. It may also be used to specifically describe and refer to modified cars from the original (or traditional) era of "hot rods", post World War II and prior to 1960.
  2. The penis.
verb
  1. To modify a vehicle for enhanced driving performance, top speed, and/or to accelerate faster.

Pronunciation

En-au-hot rod.ogg

Word forms

hot rod hot rods hotrod hot-rod hot rodding hot rodded

Etymology

Attested since 1945 in American English, specifically meaning ‘hunk of metal’.

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