hotdog

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A form of hot dog — A sausage, typically a frankfurter.

UncommonScrabble 11

Meanings

nounhotdog (plural hotdogs)

plural hotdogs

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of hot dog.

    I dress him for the occasion; however, it is like putting a cocktail wiener into a hotdog bun.

    2006 May, Latisha Bridges, chapter 3, in When a Woman’s Fed Up, Morrow, Ga.: BlueRaine Entertainment, →ISBN, page 64
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    Mama’s Fried Chicken […] serves good fried birds, but better yet is their crawfish étouffée, served by the bowl, or ladled into a hotdog bun and dubbed a ‘crawdog.’

    2003 February, Tom Downs, John T Edge, “Cajun Country”, in “Excursions”, in New Orleans, 3rd edition, Melbourne, Vic.: Lonely Planet Publications, →ISBN, page 178, column 2

    But the cars & trucks held cartons of roast chickens, slabs of cheeses, loaves of bread, racks of hotdogs, case upon case of soft drinks, cases of bottled sparkling water, pies, cakes, roast beefs & baked hams.

    2008, Red Jordan Arobateau, Leader of the Pack, page 136

    If you happen to know about the legs or hotdogs meme, Evil Kermit, or what a Milkshake Duck or VSCO girl is, you are poised to do well in this version of the game [Trivial Pursuit Decades: 2010–2020].

    2023 January 16, Saleema Nawaz, “Suddenly, teens are winning pieces of Trivial Pursuit’s pie”, in Montreal Gazette
verbhotdog (third-person singular simple present hotdogs, present participle hotdogging, simple past and past participle hotdogged)

present singular third person hotdogs · participle present hotdogging · participle past hotdogged · past hotdogged

  1. alternativeAlternative form of hot dog.

Synonyms & antonyms

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.

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APA

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MLA

“hotdog.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hotdog. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hotdog,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hotdog.

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