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hot-doggy

hot-doggy adjective: resembling or characteristic of a hot dog.

Adjective

hot-doggy (comparative more hot-doggy, superlative most hot-doggy)

  1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a hot dog.
    • The air around here is starting to get that slight hot-doggy, exhaust smell. Kind of like New York.1999 March 25, “The Vent”, in The Atlanta Constitution, volume 131, number 193, Atlanta, Ga., page B2, column 1
    • Chef-instructor Sarah Langan called the Hebrew National more “hot-doggy,” but in the final analysis went with McKenzie for its spices.2002 July 2, Sally Pollak, “Man bites dog: Chefs name best hot dog in a blind taste test”, in The Burlington Free Press, volume 175, number 183, Burlington, Vt., page 1C
  2. (informal) With hot dogs.
    • Monday night they enjoyed dancing and Tuesday night they had a “hot-doggy” roast on the beach to which their friends were invited.1922 June 1, “Girl’s Club Outing at Seashore”, in Monmouth Democrat: A Weekly Compend of News, Politics, Literature, Agriculture, &c., volume LXXXVII, number 22 (whole 4593), Freehold, N.J., front...
    • Miles of newsprint have been devoted to describing the atmosphere of Derby Day, but, in our little way, we have lots of atmosphere at our races, too, or so I thought when I spent an afternoon there recently; slightly hot-doggy, it’s true, but people must have food.1929 August 25, Yvonne Firkins, “Sapodilla! They’re Off In a Flash! Derby Day On the Home Track”, in The Vancouver Sunday Province, thirty-sixth year, number 150, Vancouver, B.C., page 2, columns 2–3
  3. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a show-off or daredevil.
    • Of waterskiing, if you can believe it, says retailer Jack Hanna of Nautique Water Ski & Sport Supply, “This is basically a hot-doggy sport. Everyone wants to look like a competitor.”1976 August 1, “The Affluent Activists”, in Forbes, page 22, columns 2–3
    • I refuse to overreact to several scouts and GMs who have reversed field on Curry because he has lost some of his burger-and-fries weight and exhibited none of the hot-doggy, too-cool attitude in NBA workouts that got him in trouble in some embarrassing high school losses, including the state final.2001 June 27, Skip Bayless, “Diop, Griffin offer draft’s best benefits”, in Chicago Tribune, 155th year, number 178, Chicago, Ill., section 4, page 1, column 1

Examples of hot-doggy in a sentence

  • “Standard, hot-doggy, on the smaller side, but with a nice taste and not so salty as (the Hebrew National franks),” said Laura Hollman.2005 July 20, Lorie Hutson, “Hots dogs all pretty tasty but Nathan’s top choice”, in The Spokesman-Review, 123rd year, number 40, Spokane...
  • The whistle boomed, gulls chattered overhead, the sticky air was filled with a bilgey, hot-doggy smell, punctuated by the almost putrid sweetness of honey-roasted nuts.2006, NancyKay Shapiro, What Love Means to You People, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Dunne Books, →ISBN, page 44:
  • Curing salts made from sodium nitrite preserve the meat and add that special hot-doggy flavor you may recall from your childhood.2008 July 3, “Sorting through packs of dogs”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, 180th year, number 33, Philadelphia, Pa., page F2, column 1:
  • The wieners are classic: light smoke, good hot-doggy flavor and wonderfully snappy natural casings, about $3.79 a pound.2008 November 11, Audrey Fessler, Jeff Vahlbusch, “Will brake for meat: Road trips not complete without touring several butcher shops”, in...

Forms of hot-doggy

comparativemore hot-doggy
superlativemost hot-doggy
alternative formhot doggy
alternative formhotdoggy

Origin of hot-doggy

From hot dog + -y.

Questions about hot-doggy

What does hot-doggy mean?
Hot-doggy means resembling or characteristic of a hot dog.
How do you use hot-doggy in a sentence?
“Standard, hot-doggy, on the smaller side, but with a nice taste and not so salty as (the Hebrew National franks),” said Laura Hollman.
What part of speech is hot-doggy?
Hot-doggy is an adjective.

Words near hot-doggy in the dictionary

  1. hot-dogger
  2. hot-doggeries
  3. hot-doggers
  4. hot-doggery
  5. hot-dogging
  6. hot-doggy
  7. hot-dogs
  8. hot-flash
  9. hot-flashes
  10. hot-flue
  11. hot-flues

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