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hot dogs

hot dogs is the plural of hot dog.

hot dogs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hot dog.

Meaning of hot dog

Noun

hot dog (plural hot dogs)

  1. A sausage, typically a frankfurter.
    • Don't forget to buy some hot dogs to grill and some buns to put them on.
  2. A food item (dish) consisting of a frankfurter or wiener and (usually) a hot dog bun, with toppings such as ketchup, mustard, relish, sauerkraut, onions, cheese, etc.
    • He ordered a hot dog with everything on it.
  3. A show-off or daredevil, especially in such sports as surfing, skateboarding, or skiing.
  4. (New Zealand) A battered, deep-fried sausage or saveloy on a stick; a corn dog.
  5. (US, informal) Describing the shape of a rectangular piece of paper folded in half so that it forms a long rectangle.
  6. (slang, vulgar) The penis.
    • primarily verbal teasing from both male and female students, ranging from statements that the student had a "hot dog in her pants" and that she had "sex with hot dogs." to graffiti that "Jane is a hot dog bitch."1994, Sexual Harassment in Education, page 26

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Questions about hot dogs

What is hot dogs the plural of?
Hot dogs is the plural of hot dog.

Words near hot dogs in the dictionary

  1. hot doggeries
  2. hot doggers
  3. hot doggery
  4. hot dogging
  5. hot doggy
  6. hot dogs
  7. hot dose
  8. hot doses
  9. hot empathy
  10. hot end
  11. hot ends

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