hot dog

Meanings

Noun

• A sandwich consisting of a frankfurter, or wiener, in a bread roll, usually served with ketchup, mustard, relish, etc.
• A sausage of the type used as a general ingredient in this sandwich.
• A show-off or daredevil, especially in such sports as surfing, skateboarding, or skiing.
• A battered, deep-fried sausage or saveloy on a stick.
• The penis.
• A sexually suggestive physical gesture involving hip movement.

Verb

• To perform a dangerous or difficult act or stunt as a display of skill or daring.

Interjection

• An expression of delight or enthusiasm
• An expression of disappointment

Related

Similar words

• show off

Origin

• 1894 (US), both the sense of frankfurter in a roll, and of show-off.