hot rod
hot rod 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.
Noun
hot rod (plural hot rods)
- 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.
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- Synonyms:
- anaconda, baloney pony, bald-headed hermit, banana, bird, birdie, bobby, boonga, cack, choad
Verb
hot rod (third-person singular simple present hot rods, present participle hot rodding, simple past and past participle hot rodded)
- To modify a vehicle for enhanced driving performance, top speed, and/or to accelerate faster.
- Are you going to hot rod [the vehicle] or leave it stock?
hot rod meaning in Tamil and Urdu
hot rod in Tamil
- காய்ச்சிய கம்பி
hot rod in Urdu
- پھٹیچر تیز رفتار گاڑی
Synonyms of hot rod
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Forms of hot rod
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | hot rods |
| alternative form | hotrod |
| alternative form | hot-rod |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | hot rods |
| present participle | hot rodding |
| past participle | hot rodded |
| past | hot rodded |
Origin of hot rod
Attested since 1945 in American English, specifically meaning ‘hunk of metal’.
Words formed from hot rod
- hotrodder
- hot rodding
- hotrodding
- hot rodded
- hotrodded
Questions about hot rod
- What does hot rod mean?
- Hot rod means 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.
- What is hot rod in Tamil?
- Hot rod in Tamil is காய்ச்சிய கம்பி. See Hot rod meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is hot rod?
- Hot rod can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of hot rod?
- The plural of hot rod is hot rods.
Words near hot rod in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hot rod (page history and authors); hot rod (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hot rod (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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