Antonyms for hot-dog

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : hot-dawg, -dog

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɒtˌdɔg, -ˌdɒg

Definition of hot-dog

Origin : also hotdog, "sausage on a split roll," c.1890, popularized by cartoonist T.A. Dorgan. It is said to echo a 19c. suspicion (occasionally justified) that sausages contained dog meat. Meaning "someone particularly skilled or excellent" (with overtones of showing off) is from 1896. Connection between the two senses, if any, is unclear. Hot dog! as an exclamation of approval was in use by 1906.

As in influential : adj effective, powerful
As in hot dog : noun frankfurter
As in hot dog : noun showoff

Example sentences :

It happened pretty fast and like I say, I just went in to eat a hot-dog for lunch and I wasn't expecting any of this.
Extract from : « Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

Hot-dog sandwiches and long green pickles and ginger ale, but you have to drink out of the bottles.
Extract from : « The Camp Fire Girls on a Yacht » by Margaret Love Sanderson

The Assistant Secretary is here to discuss the hot-dog concession with a local bigwig.
Extract from : « The Golden Skull » by John Blaine

Unheard were the blaring of bands, and the raucous cry of the "Hot-Dog man," and the riot and roar of the rabble.
Extract from : « Fifth Avenue » by Arthur Bartlett Maurice

On get-away day the program boy bawls his loudest and the hot-dog purveyor pushes his fragrant wares with the utmost energy.
Extract from : « Old Man Curry » by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan

Synonyms for hot-dog

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