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noun

hot dog n.

A frankfurter.

A sandwich consisting of a hot dog inserted in a partly split elongated roll, usually garnished with mustard, and sometimes also with relish, sauerkraut, or a pickle. A hot dog garnished with a chili mix is called a chili dog.

A person who performs a complex and difficult athletic maneuver, usually to show off his/her skill.

interjection

hot dog exclamat. An expression of delight.

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Etymology of 'Hot dog'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hot dog" Quotes from Famous Books

... such things. When I came up the subject was Du Bois' Messe de Mariage. (Spelling not guaranteed.) I asked about it this morning, Jim. A Messe de Mariage seems to be some kind of a wedding march, and a bishop who is a real hot dog won't issue a certificate unless the band plays the Messe. Mr. Percy Harold kept right on talking about Jack Hayes being so desperately in love with Mrs. Hardy- Steele, and how late they were getting home from the Opera the other night, ...

— Billy Baxter's Letters • William J. Kountz, Jr.

... one evening when Ted was home from the university, and Ted chuckled, "What's this I hear from Euny, dad? She says her dad says you raised Cain by boosting old Seneca Doane. Hot dog! Give 'em fits! Stir 'em up! This old burg is asleep!" Eunice plumped down on Babbitt's lap, kissed him, nestled her bobbed hair against his chin, and crowed; "I think you're lots nicer than Howard. Why is it," confidentially, "that ...

— Babbitt • Sinclair Lewis

... recountin' its attractions till bed-time, Josiah would be so wrought up he'd ride night mairs most all night. He'd spring up in bed cryin' out, "All aboard for Coney Island!" or, "There is the Immoral Railway! See the divin' girls, and the Awful Tower. Get a hot dog; look at the alligators, etc., etc." I gin him catnip to soothe his nerve, but that didn't git the pizen out of his system; no, acres ...

— Samantha at Coney Island - and a Thousand Other Islands • Marietta Holley

... I went up to Kelly's place and horned into an open game of pool. You know Kelly's place is pretty close to the Union Station and when it come about ten o'clock I got tired and went an' sat down in the corner, eatin' a hot dog from the stand in Kelly's—an' then I sort of ...

— Midnight • Octavus Roy Cohen

... "When you've got that 'quiff' of yours all fussed up, and those new 'square-pushin'' dress-pants on you're some 'hot dog.' . . . Now, if I thought you could 'talk pretty' and ...

— The Luck of the Mounted - A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police • Ralph S. Kendall