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hot dog
(hot dog)
noun
1
a hot sausage served in a long, soft roll.
2
North American
informal
a person, especially a skier or surfer, who performs stunts or tricks:
macho hot dogs who take too may risks
exclamation
North American
informal
used to express delight or enthusiastic approval:
Hot dog! I’ve finally found something I can do that you can’t
verb
(
hotdog
)
(
hotdogs
,
hotdogging
,
hotdogged
)
[
no object
]
North American
informal
perform stunts or tricks:
he chastised the dancers who’d been hotdogging
Derivatives
hotdogger
noun
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