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# hotdog

«hotdog» in Mova's school dictionary: **A hot sausage, usually a frankfurter, served in a long…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a hotdog, hotdogs; also written hot dog); verb (hotdog, hotdogs, hotdogged, hotdogging — informal, mainly US); interjection (hot dog! — old-fashioned US)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A hot sausage, usually a frankfurter, served in a long soft bread roll, often with ketchup or mustard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hotdog/#m1)

2) (informal, mainly US) A person who shows off, especially in a sport, doing risky or flashy tricks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hotdog/#m2)

3) (informal, US) To hotdog is to show off with daring tricks, for example on skis, a skateboard or a surfboard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hotdog/#m3)

4) (old-fashioned US) «Hot dog!» is a happy shout meaning «great!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hotdog/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life it is a quick food sold at sports games, fairs, barbecues and street stands; in stories it sets a scene of a ballgame, a fair or a picnic. In maths word problems hotdogs are things to count, price and share («each hotdog costs $3»). The show-off sense appears in sports stories. Phrases: a hotdog stand, hotdog bun, hotdog with everything, a hotdog vendor.

### examples

- We bought two hotdogs at the baseball game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hotdog/#x1)
- Dad put ketchup and mustard on my hotdog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hotdog/#x2)
- The hotdog stand at the fair had a long queue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hotdog/#x3)
- If one hotdog costs $3, how much do four hotdogs cost? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hotdog/#x4)
- Grandpa sliced the hotdog so the baby would not choke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hotdog/#x5)
- Stop hotdogging on the slopes and ski safely! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hotdog/#x6)
- He is a bit of a hotdog on the skateboard, always doing tricks for the crowd. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hotdog/#x7)
- «Hot dog! We won!» shouted Uncle Joe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hotdog/#x8)

### note

Countable noun: one hotdog, two hotdogs. Spelled «hotdog» or «hot dog»; both are fine. It contains no dog meat — the name is an old joke about the sausage's shape and German «dachshund sausages». In the UK and Australia people also say «frankfurter» or «sausage in a bun»; in Australia a «hot dog» is sometimes called a «hotdog» or «frank». Safety: cut hotdogs into small pieces for little children, as round slices can cause choking. In maths, a hotdog problem is usually a multiplication or money problem.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hotdog» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hotdog/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.