hot dog

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English

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A hot dog on a bun, with ketchup.

Alternative forms

Etymology

1894 (US college slang) from hot +‎ dog (in reference to supposed source of the meat), both the sense of frankfurter in a roll, and of show-off.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

hot dog (plural hot dogs)

  1. A frankfurter sausage.
    Synonyms: frankfurter, frank, frankfurt; wiener, weenie (informal); glizzy (US slang), tube steak (slang), pimp steak (rare slang), red hot (US dialectal)
    Hyponym: ballpark frank
    Coordinate terms: veggie dog (sometimes hyponymous), not dog; hamburger
    Don't forget to buy some hot dogs to grill and some buns to put them on.
    Hot dogs and beans are a traditional favorite.
  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.
    Synonyms: frankfurter, frank, frankfurt; wiener, weenie (informal); glizzy (US slang), tube steak (slang), pimp steak (rare slang), red hot (US dialectal)
    Hyponyms: ballpark frank, cheese coney, Coney Island, cheese dog, Chicago-style hot dog, Chicago dog, chili dog, corndog, dagwood dog, footlong, junkyard dog, pig in a blanket, steamie
    Coordinate terms: veggie dog (sometimes hyponymous), not dog; sandwich (sometimes hypernymous); hamburger
    He ordered a hot dog with everything on it.
  3. A show-off or daredevil, especially in such sports as surfing, skateboarding, or skiing.
  4. (New Zealand) A battered, deep-fried sausage or saveloy on a stick; a corn dog.
  5. (slang) The penis.
    Synonyms: wiener; see also Thesaurus:penis
    • 1994, Sexual Harassment in Education, page 26:
      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."
    • 1995, The Guide to American Law Supplement, page 347:
      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
    • 1996, Richard Sandomir, Life for Real Dummies: A Reference for the Totally Clueless, page 5:
      How 'bout I put my hot dog in your bun?
    • 1999, Louis I. Gerdes, Sexual Harassment, page 118:
      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.
    • 2012, Elias Sassoon, Hashish Dreaming:
      But what it is basically the in and the out, the hot dog splicing through the doughnut.
    • 2019 Hot Blood, Hot Thoughts, Hot Deeds, Empire season 5 episode 13
      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.
  6. A sexually suggestive physical gesture involving hip movement.
    • 2006, Kyra D. Gaunt, The Games Black Girls Play: Learning the Ropes from Double-dutch to Hip-hop, page 98:
      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.
  7. (US, education, informal) Describing the shape of a rectangular piece of paper folded in half so that it forms a long rectangle.
    Coordinate term: hamburger

Derived terms

Translations

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See also

Verb

hot dog (third-person singular simple present hot dogs, present participle hot dogging, simple past and past participle hot dogged)

  1. (intransitive, slang) To perform a dangerous or difficult act or stunt as a display of skill or daring, especially in surfing and other sports.
    Hypernym: show off

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Translations

Interjection

hot dog

  1. An expression of delight or enthusiasm.
    • 1954, Oren Arnold, The Golden Chair, Elsevier, page 249:
      He patted his lap for her to sit on. Hot dog, I said to myself; settin' on his lap!
    • 2006, Robert B. Parker, Hundred-Dollar Baby, Putnam, →ISBN, page 140:
      "Anybody with an alibi they can tell me?" I said.
      No one said anything.
      "Hot dog!" I said.
  2. An expression of disappointment.
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

References

  1. ^ Gerald Leonard Cohen, Barry A. Popik, and David Shulman, Origin of the Term "Hot Dog" (2004), private printing

Finnish

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hot dog.

Pronunciation

Noun

hot dog

  1. hot dog (frankfurter in a bun)
    Synonym: nakkisämpylä

Declension

Inflection of hot dog (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative hot dog hot dogit
genitive hot dogin hot dogien
partitive hot dogia hot dogeja
illative hot dogiin hot dogeihin
singular plural
nominative hot dog hot dogit
accusative nom. hot dog hot dogit
gen. hot dogin
genitive hot dogin hot dogien
partitive hot dogia hot dogeja
inessive hot dogissa hot dogeissa
elative hot dogista hot dogeista
illative hot dogiin hot dogeihin
adessive hot dogilla hot dogeilla
ablative hot dogilta hot dogeilta
allative hot dogille hot dogeille
essive hot dogina hot dogeina
translative hot dogiksi hot dogeiksi
abessive hot dogitta hot dogeitta
instructive hot dogein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of hot dog (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative hot dogini hot dogini
accusative nom. hot dogini hot dogini
gen. hot dogini
genitive hot dogini hot dogieni
partitive hot dogiani hot dogejani
inessive hot dogissani hot dogeissani
elative hot dogistani hot dogeistani
illative hot dogiini hot dogeihini
adessive hot dogillani hot dogeillani
ablative hot dogiltani hot dogeiltani
allative hot dogilleni hot dogeilleni
essive hot doginani hot dogeinani
translative hot dogikseni hot dogeikseni
abessive hot dogittani hot dogeittani
instructive
comitative hot dogeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative hot dogisi hot dogisi
accusative nom. hot dogisi hot dogisi
gen. hot dogisi
genitive hot dogisi hot dogiesi
partitive hot dogiasi hot dogejasi
inessive hot dogissasi hot dogeissasi
elative hot dogistasi hot dogeistasi
illative hot dogiisi hot dogeihisi
adessive hot dogillasi hot dogeillasi
ablative hot dogiltasi hot dogeiltasi
allative hot dogillesi hot dogeillesi
essive hot doginasi hot dogeinasi
translative hot dogiksesi hot dogeiksesi
abessive hot dogittasi hot dogeittasi
instructive
comitative hot dogeinesi

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hot dog.

Noun

hot dog m (invariable)

  1. hot dog (frankfurter in a bun)
  2. (by extension) hot dog (the complete snack)

Synonyms

Polish

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hot dog

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from American English hot dog.

Pronunciation

Noun

hot dog m animal

  1. hot dog (food item consisting of a frankfurter or wiener, typically served on a hot dog bun, with toppings such as ketchup, mustard, relish, sauerkraut, onions, cheese, etc.)

Declension

Further reading

  • hot dog in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • hot dog in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • hot dog in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hot dog.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

hot dog m (plural hot dogs)

  1. (Brazil) hot dog (frankfurter in a bun)
    Synonym: cachorro-quente

Derived terms

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hot dog.

Noun

hot dog m (plural hot dogi)

  1. hot dog

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English hot dog.

Pronunciation

Noun

hot dog m (plural hot dogs or hot dog)

  1. (Mexico, Peru) hot dog (the complete snack, never just the sausage)
    Synonyms: (Guatemala and other parts of Central America) chévere, (Spain) perrito caliente, (Costa Rica) perro caliente