hot rod

Meanings

Noun

• Typically a passenger vehicle modified to run and/or accelerate faster. The term may be used generically to apply to any car, truck, or motorcycle (et al.) modified for increased speed and/or performance. It may also be used to specifically describe and refer to modified cars from the original (or traditional) era of "hot rods", post World War II and prior to 1960.
• The penis.

Verb

• To modify a vehicle for enhanced driving performance, top speed, and/or to accelerate faster.

Related

Similar words

• racer
• rod (definition #15)
• speedster
• customize
• modify
• alter

Origin

• Attested since 1945 in American English, specifically meaning ‘hunk of metal’.