hot dog

Pluralhot dogs

Formshot dogs, hot dogging, hot dogged

1. 1
   in a bunnouncountable

   A long, thin sausage served in a soft bun, often with ketchup, mustard, or onions on top.

   I ate a hot dog with ketchup at the baseball game.

   We bought two hot dogs and a soda at the fair.

   Similarfrankfurter, wiener, frank

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2. 2
   just the sausagenouncountable

   A sausage, usually the long, thin kind called a frankfurter.

   Put the hot dogs in boiling water for five minutes.

   He cut a hot dog into small pieces for the baby.

   Similarfrankfurter, wiener, frank

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3. 3
   delightinterjection

   Something you say when you are very pleased or excited.

   Hot dog! Grandma is coming to visit!

   Hot dog, we get pizza tonight!

   Similarhooray, yippee, yay, whoopee

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4. 4
   daring personnouncountable

   A person who shows off or takes big risks, especially in sports like surfing or skiing.

   That hot dog on the ski hill keeps jumping off rocks.

   The other surfers called him a hot dog because he always showed off.

   Similarshow-off, daredevil, hotshot

5. 5
   perform tricksverbslangintransitive

   To do hard or dangerous tricks to show off, especially in surfing and other sports.

   Don't hot dog on the big waves. It's not safe.

   He was hot dogging on his skateboard in front of his friends.

   Similarshowboat, grandstand

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   long foldnouncolloquialUS

   In school, a way of folding paper in half the long way, so it makes a long, thin shape.

   Fold the paper hot dog, then open it again.

   Our teacher showed us how to make a hot dog fold.

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   nounNew Zealandcountable

   A sausage on a stick, covered in batter and fried in hot oil.

   At the beach, Dad bought me a hot dog on a stick with tomato sauce.

   The hot dogs at the takeaway shop are dipped in batter and fried.

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   penisnounslangvulgarcountable

   A rude slang word for a penis.

   The boys made silly jokes about their hot dogs in the locker room.

   "Put your hot dog away," his roommate said, throwing him a towel.

   Similarwilly, wiener, penis

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   hip movementnounslangvulgarcountable

   A movement of the hips that looks sexual.

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