hot dog

UK/ˈhɒt.dɒɡ/US/ˈhɑt.dɔɡ/US/-dɑɡ/Canada/ˈhɑt.dɑɡ/

noun

A sausage, typically a frankfurter.

“He ordered a hot dog with everything on it.”

Meanings

nounhot dog (plural hot dogs)

plural hot dogs · alternative hotdog · alternative hot-dog

  1. A sausage, typically a frankfurter.

    Hot dogs and beans are a traditional favorite.

    1 more example

    Don't forget to buy some hot dogs to grill and some buns to put them on.

    Synonyms: frankfurter, frank, frankfurt, wiener, weenie, glizzy, tube steak, pimp steak

  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.

    He ordered a hot dog with everything on it.

    Synonyms: frankfurter, frank, frankfurt, wiener, weenie, glizzy, tube steak, pimp steak

  3. A show-off or daredevil, especially in such sports as surfing, skateboarding, or skiing.
  4. New ZealandA battered, deep-fried sausage or saveloy on a stick; a corn dog.
  5. USinformaleducationDescribing the shape of a rectangular piece of paper folded in half so that it forms a long rectangle.
  6. slangvulgarThe penis.

    How 'bout I put my hot dog in your bun?

    1996, Richard Sandomir, Life for Real Dummies: A Reference for the Totally Clueless, page 5
    5 more examples

    primarily verbal teasing from both male and female students, ranging from statements that the student had a "hot dog in her pants" and that she had "sex with hot dogs." to graffiti that "Jane is a hot dog bitch."

    1994, Sexual Harassment in Education, page 26

    It started in the fall of 1990, early in seventh grade, when two boys told her, "I hear you have a hot dog in your pants." girls were now making hot dog remarks. the counselor maintained—incorrectly—that he was powerless to stop it

    1995, The Guide to American Law Supplement, page 347

    In the fall of 1990, when she was in the seventh grade, classmates spread the word that Doe had a hot dog in her pants.

    1999, Louis I. Gerdes, Sexual Harassment, page 118

    But what it is basically the in and the out, the hot dog splicing through the doughnut.

    2012, Elias Sassoon, Hashish Dreaming

    I'm just saying, you being a mama, it's time to clear the cobwebs. You know what I'm saying? Put a banana in the monkey. You know, hot dog in your bun.

    2019 Hot Blood, Hot Thoughts, Hot Deeds, Empire season 5 episode 13

    Synonyms: wiener, anaconda, baloney pony, bald-headed hermit, banana, bird, birdie, bobby

  7. slangvulgarA sexually suggestive physical gesture involving movement of the hips.
    1 more example

    This gyrated gesture (“hot dog”) appears to suggest the movements of sexual intercourse to an onlooker, but for girls it's merely play. The movement is also, however, a way of learning to move one's hips in a way that will become useful, on and off the dance floor, in their embodied relations with others.

    2006, Kyra D. Gaunt, The Games Black Girls Play: Learning the Ropes from Double-dutch to Hip-hop, page 98
verbhot dog (third-person singular simple present hot dogs, present participle hot dogging, simple past and past participle hot dogged)

present singular third person hot dogs · participle present hot dogging · participle past hot dogged · past hot dogged · alternative hotdog · alternative hot-dog

  1. intransitiveslangTo perform a dangerous or difficult act or stunt as a display of skill or daring, especially in surfing and other sports.
interjection

alternative hotdog · alternative hot-dog

  1. An expression of delight or enthusiasm.

    He patted his lap for her to sit on. Hot dog, I said to myself; settin' on his lap!

    1954, Oren Arnold, The Golden Chair, Elsevier, page 249
    1 more example

    "Anybody with an alibi they can tell me?" I said. No one said anything "Hot dog!" I said.

    2006, Robert B. Parker, Hundred-Dollar Baby, Putnam, →ISBN, page 140
  2. An expression of disappointment.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA 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.

More synonyms by meaning

nounsomeone who performs dangerous stunts to attract attention to themself

Similar

nouna frankfurter served hot on a bun

Broader

nouna smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic هُوت دُوج
  • هُوت دُوجfrankfurter in a bun
Bengali হট ডগ
  • হট ডগ (hoṭ ḍog)frankfurter in a bun
Bulgarian хот-до́г, хот до́г
  • хот-до́г (hot-dóg)frankfurter in a bun
  • хот до́г (hot dóg)frankfurter in a bun
  • кре́нвирш (krénvirš)sausage
Catalan entrepà de frankfurt
  • entrepà de frankfurtfrankfurter in a bun
Chinese Cantonese 熱狗 /热狗, 熱狗腸 /热狗肠
  • 熱狗 /热狗 (jit⁶ gau²)frankfurter in a bun
  • 熱狗腸 /热狗肠sausage
Chinese Mandarin 熱狗 /热狗, 熱狗腸 /热狗肠
  • 熱狗 /热狗 (règǒu)frankfurter in a bun
  • 熱狗腸 /热狗肠 (règǒucháng)sausage
Czech hot dog, hotdog
  • hot dogfrankfurter in a bun
  • hotdogfrankfurter in a bun
Danish hotdog, varm hund
  • hotdogfrankfurter in a bun
  • varm hundfrankfurter in a bun
  • pølse med brødfrankfurter in a bun
  • pølsesausage
Dutch hotdog
  • hotdogfrankfurter in a bun
Esperanto kolbasobulko, hotdogo
  • kolbasobulkofrankfurter in a bun
  • hotdogofrankfurter in a bun
  • frankfurtosausage
Estonian hot dog
  • hot dogfrankfurter in a bun
Finnish huimapää, nakkisämpylä
  • huimapääshow-off or daredevil
  • nakkisämpyläfrankfurter in a bun
  • hodarifrankfurter in a bun
  • hot dogfrankfurter in a bun
  • nakkisausage
French hot-dog, chien chaud
  • hot-dogfrankfurter in a bun
  • chien chaudfrankfurter in a bun
  • roteuxfrankfurter in a bun
German Bratwurst im Brötchen, Hotdog
  • Bratwurst im Brötchenfrankfurter in a bun
  • Hotdogfrankfurter in a bun
  • Hot Dogfrankfurter in a bun
Greek χοτ ντογκ
  • χοτ ντογκ (chot ntogk)frankfurter in a bun
Hebrew נקניקייה, נַקְנִיקִיָּה
  • נקניקייהfrankfurter in a bun
  • נַקְנִיקִיָּה (naknikiyá)frankfurter in a bun
Hindi होट डोग, हॉट-डॉग
  • होट डोग (hoṭ ḍog)frankfurter in a bun
  • हॉट-डॉग (hŏṭ-ḍŏg)frankfurter in a bun
Hungarian hotdog, virsli
  • hotdogfrankfurter in a bun
  • virslisausage
Icelandic pylsa
  • pylsafrankfurter in a bun
Indonesian hot dog
  • hot dogfrankfurter in a bun
Italian hot dog, cane caldo
  • hot dogfrankfurter in a bun
  • cane caldofrankfurter in a bun
  • cagnolino caldofrankfurter in a bun
  • salsicciasausage
  • würstelsausage
Japanese ホットドッグ, ホットドック
  • ホットドッグ (hottodoggu)frankfurter in a bun
  • ホットドック (hottodokku)frankfurter in a bun
  • ソーセージ (sōsēji)sausage
  • フランクフルト (furankufuruto)sausage
Korean 핫도그
  • 핫도그 (hatdogeu)frankfurter in a bun
Latvian hotdogs
  • hotdogsfrankfurter in a bun
Lithuanian dešrainis
  • dešrainisfrankfurter in a bun
Malay hot dog
  • hot dogfrankfurter in a bun
Norwegian Bokmål pølse, pølse i brød
  • pølsefrankfurter in a bun
  • pølse i brødfrankfurter in a bun
Polish hot dog
  • hot dogfrankfurter in a bun
Portuguese cachorro-quente, hot dog
  • cachorro-quentefrankfurter in a bun
  • hot dogfrankfurter in a bun
  • cachorrofrankfurter in a bun
  • salsichasausage
Romanian hotdog, hot dog
  • hotdogfrankfurter in a bun
  • hot dogfrankfurter in a bun
Russian хот-до́г, соси́ска
  • хот-до́г (xot-dóg)frankfurter in a bun
  • соси́ска (sosíska)sausage
Slovak párok v rožku, hotdog
  • párok v rožkufrankfurter in a bun
  • hotdogfrankfurter in a bun
  • hot dogfrankfurter in a bun
Spanish temerario, perrito caliente
  • temerarioshow-off or daredevil
  • perrito calientefrankfurter in a bun
  • perro calientefrankfurter in a bun
  • italianofrankfurter in a bun
  • completofrankfurter in a bun
  • panchofrankfurter in a bun
  • chéverefrankfurter in a bun
  • shucofrankfurter in a bun
  • salchichasausage
  • vienesasausage
Swedish korv med bröd, varmkorv
  • korv med brödfrankfurter in a bun
  • varmkorvfrankfurter in a bun
  • varmkorvsausage
  • grillkorvsausage
  • korvsausage
Tagalog hatdog
  • hatdogfrankfurter in a bun
Thai ฮอตดอก
  • ฮอตดอก (hɔ́t-dɔ̀ɔk)frankfurter in a bun
Turkish sosisli sandviç
  • sosisli sandviçfrankfurter in a bun
Ukrainian хот-до́г
  • хот-до́г (xot-dóh)frankfurter in a bun
Urdu ہاٹ ڈاگ
  • ہاٹ ڈاگ (hāṭ ḍāg)frankfurter in a bun
Vietnamese bánh mì kẹp xúc xích
  • bánh mì kẹp xúc xíchfrankfurter in a bun
Welsh ci poeth
  • ci poethfrankfurter in a bun
Yiddish וווּרשטל
  • וווּרשטל (vurshtl)frankfurter in a bun
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