hot dogger

Noun

hot-dogger (plural hot-doggers)

1. (slang) One who hot dogs; a sporting show-off.
   • Although Mr. Bird earned the power he felt through round-the-clock practice, he did not wish to rule the basketball courts alone, Mr. Levine notes. As early as his high school days, Mr. Bird's philosophy was to be a team player, not a hot-dogger.1988 December 11, Carrie Rickey, “A Rhinoceros Among the Gazelles”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2009