hotdogs

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of hotdog.

   We loaded the hotdogs with mustard, onions, and relish.

   The cart ran out of hotdogs before halftime.

   Note

   The closed, one-word way of writing hot dogs, where the spaced form keeps the two words apart. Whichever form a writer chooses, it is worth holding to one throughout a text. The plural itself is regular: the -s attaches to the end, never inside. The same letters also spell the present-tense verb, so context alone shows which is meant.

2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present indicative of hotdog.

   The young surfer hotdogs every time a photographer paddles out.

   Whenever the coach watches, he hotdogs through the final lap.

   Note

   Here the -s marks a verb, not a plural. In the surfer hotdogs, it agrees with a singular subject, as it would on any regular verb. Only the sentence separates it from the plural noun: a cart runs out of hotdogs, but a surfer hotdogs. The closed form carries its inflection on a single word, which the spaced verb hot dog cannot do as neatly.

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