dog
627
8.4
- noun
- /dɔg/
:
perrito caliente
- I'll buy you a hot dog.
- hot dog
Just coming in, are hot dogs sandwiches?
- Just coming in, are hot dogs sandwiches?
- Army mess cooks, butchers, hot dog vendors, bakers.
- I feel like this is not that old hot dog Seltzi pelts.
- It's just all like the corn dogs, fried Oreos, nachos, nachos.
Examples
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A hot dog with tomato and onion sauce
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Reaching out an unsteady hand, he gave the dog a hesitant, reassuring pat.
Fiction book (1991) -
When I think hot dog, I think Chicago.
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Every teacher told us that the students pick food like pizza and hot dogs over healthier options.
Academic text (2011) -
The food was bad: hot dogs and hamburgers dry and burnt, Cokes flat and warm.
Fiction book (1991) -
At Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C., a dog-walking club helps pay for the upkeep of the cemetery.
Academic text (2006) -
For millions of ravenous fans, hot dogs, not tofu, are the sacramental substance of sporting rites.
Academic text (2000) -
"In the raspberry-pink basement of Bamberger's, Patricia ate a hot dog and drank a chocolate milkshake.
Fiction book (1991) -
At the ballpark, we enjoyed delicious hot dogs with mustard and onions.
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My favorite snack is a spicy chili dog topped with jalapeños.
Synonyms
252
1.0
A cooked sausage in a sliced bun, often with mustard or ketchup
184
1.0
A food made from ground meat and spices in a thin skin
69
1.8
A small cooked sausage often served in a bread roll like a hot dog
44
6.8
A small soft sausage made from beef or pork and often served in a bun
26
1.9
A hot dog with spicy meat sauce in a bun
19
1.0
A cooked sausage in a sliced bun often eaten as fast food
17
1.8
A hot dog covered in cornmeal batter and fried on a stick
9
3.2
A smooth sausage usually made from beef or pork and eaten in a roll
3
2.0
A smooth, smoky sausage of pork or beef often served in a bread roll
3
1.0
A food people make from ground pork and spices inside a skin and cook
1
3.4
A thin cooked sausage used in a hot dog
1
1.5
Minced meat mixed with spices for making sausages or patties
A thin smoked sausage made from beef or pork often served in a bun
Idioms
- Literature
1
8.8
Make people focus on something less important to hide a bigger problem
- Offensive
1
9.7
A person who stops others from using something they neither want nor need
- Jargon
1
9.3
Use a company's own products to show they work and learn from them
- Informal
A person who finally gets what they wanted but does not know what to do next
- Informal
A person who suddenly succeeds and then does not know what to do next
- Informal
A playful phrase that says another person or pet is welcome too
- Archaic
To not have enough evidence to prove someone is guilty or to take action
- Archaic
To keep trying until everything is finished no matter how long it takes
- Informal
Test something first with a small group before using it more widely
- Informal
To keep supporting something until the very end, no matter how long it takes
Compounds
20
2.1
A dog trained to protect people or property by warning and sometimes attacking intruders
11
2.5
A large, intelligent dog that works in police teams or guides blind people
- US
8
4.7
A small animal that digs tunnels and lives in large groups on North American grasslands
3
8.9
A small group of stars in the northern sky east of Orion that contains the bright star Procyon
2
3.1
A simple swimming stroke with arms and legs moving one after the other like a dog swims
- Jargon
1
3.9
A product a company uses inside to test and find problems before public release
A large Swiss working dog with long black, brown, and white fur that is gentle and loyal
A small squirrel-like animal that lives underground in groups and has a black-tipped tail
- South African
A large wild dog from southern and eastern Africa that hunts in packs
- Archaic
A large white dog with black or brown spots that used to run beside carriages
How Filling
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dog for a sausage comes from the American name 'hot dog'; a helpful way to remember is the old joke that the long sausage looked like a small dog, so people started calling it a 'hot dog'.