# hot dog

Pronunciation: US say "HOT dawg" /ˈhɑt.dɔɡ/; UK/AUS say "HOT dog" /ˈhɒt.dɒɡ/

## Noun

1. A frankfurter or wiener, usually served in a long bun, with toppings such as ketchup, mustard, relish, sauerkraut, onions, or cheese.
   - Simple: A long, thin sausage served in a soft bun, often with ketchup, mustard, or onions on top.
   - _At the ballpark we each got a hot dog piled high with mustard and onions._
   - _The food truck on the corner sells chili cheese hot dogs for five dollars._
2. A sausage, typically a frankfurter.
   - Simple: A sausage, usually the long, thin kind called a frankfurter.
   - _Grandpa roasted a hot dog on a stick over the campfire._
   - _The kids sliced the hot dogs into coins and stirred them into the macaroni._
4. Someone who shows off or takes bold risks, particularly in sports such as surfing, skateboarding, or skiing.
   - Simple: A person who shows off or takes big risks, especially in sports like surfing or skiing.
   - _Some hot dog on a snowboard flew past us and nearly took out the instructor._
   - _By noon the skate park was full of teenage hot dogs trying to outdo each other._
6. In US classrooms, describing a sheet of paper folded in half the long way, so that it forms a long rectangle. *(colloquial, US)*
   - Simple: In school, a way of folding paper in half the long way, so it makes a long, thin shape.
   - _Fold your paper hot dog style and write the vocabulary words down the left side._
   - _Okay, everybody, fold it hot dog, not the other way, and crease it with your thumb._
7. A sausage or saveloy dipped in batter, deep-fried, and served on a stick; a corn dog. *(New Zealand)*
   - Simple: A sausage on a stick, covered in batter and fried in hot oil.
   - _We grabbed a hot dog from the fish and chip shop on the drive home._
   - _At the A&P show the kids wandered around with hot dogs dripping tomato sauce._
8. The penis. *(slang)*
   - Simple: A rude slang word for a penis.
   - _"Cover up your hot dog," she laughed when he walked out of the shower._
   - _The comedian spent half his set making cracks about his own hot dog._
9. A sexually suggestive gesture made by moving the hips. *(slang)*
   - Simple: A movement of the hips that looks sexual.

## Interjection

3. Used to express delight or enthusiasm.
   - Simple: Something you say when you are very pleased or excited.
   - _Hot dog! We won front-row tickets to the concert!_
   - _"School's canceled for the snow?" he said. "Hot dog!"_

## Verb

5. To show off one's skill or nerve by attempting a risky or difficult stunt, especially when surfing or playing other sports. *(slang)*
   - Simple: To do hard or dangerous tricks to show off, especially in surfing and other sports.
   - _Skiers who hot dog on crowded slopes put everyone else at risk._
   - _The young surfer spent the whole afternoon hot dogging for the cameras on the beach._

## Origin

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

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/hot-dog (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).