HOTDOG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hotdog mean? 

• HOTDOG (noun)
  The noun HOTDOG has 3 senses:

1. someone who performs dangerous stunts to attract attention to himself

2. a frankfurter served hot on a bun

3. a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll

  Familiarity information: HOTDOG used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOTDOG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who performs dangerous stunts to attract attention to himself

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

hot dog; hotdog

Hypernyms ("hotdog" is a kind of...):

exhibitionist; show-off (someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A frankfurter served hot on a bun

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

hot dog; hotdog; red hot

Hypernyms ("hotdog" is a kind of...):

sandwich (two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them)

Meronyms (parts of "hotdog"):

dog; frank; frankfurter; hot dog; hotdog; weenie; wiener; wienerwurst (a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll)

frankfurter bun; hotdog bun (a long bun shaped to hold a frankfurter)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hotdog"):

chili dog (a hotdog with chili con carne on it)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

dog; frank; frankfurter; hot dog; hotdog; weenie; wiener; wienerwurst

Hypernyms ("hotdog" is a kind of...):

sausage (highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hotdog"):

Vienna sausage (short slender frankfurter usually with ends cut off)

Holonyms ("hotdog" is a part of...):

hot dog; hotdog; red hot (a frankfurter served hot on a bun)