# hot dog

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhɒt.dɒɡ/

## Definitions
1. A sausage, typically a frankfurter.
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.
3. A show-off or daredevil, especially in such sports as surfing, skateboarding, or skiing.
4. A battered, deep-fried sausage or saveloy on a stick; a corn dog.
5. Describing the shape of a rectangular piece of paper folded in half so that it forms a long rectangle.
6. The penis.
7. A sexually suggestive physical gesture involving movement of the hips.

## Etymology
From hot + dog, in reference to the supposed source of the meat, both in the senses of the food item (noun sense 1, noun sense 2) and of a show-off (noun sense 3). First attested in 1884 in the Evansville (Indiana) Daily Courier.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hot-dog