hotdog
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈhɑːtˌdɔɡ/
- Slang
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temerario
- Crazy Hotdog Vendor is rolling in some dough right now!
Examples
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I'm going to be a hotdog XD
Blog text (27) -
- Hotdog, cover me Nelson.
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But what makes you guys different from just what they did with the dancing hotdog, right?
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And I told him he wasn't pulling out any of that fancy hotdog stuff on the court with me unless he wanted to wind up down on the court.
Blog text (24) -
I'm the guy taken third for a pick-up game of basketball, then sinks ten circus shots in a row, winning the game for his team as well as winning the hotdog reputation.
Fiction book (1995) -
She watched as he turned hotdogs on the grill, flexing for her, showing off his oiled washboard abdominals.
Fiction book (1995) -
The skateboarder became a real hotdog, impressing everyone with his daring flips and tricks at the park.
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During the competition, she showed off her hotdog skills by attempting a dangerous jump that left the crowd cheering.
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He was such a hotdog on the slopes, always trying to outdo the other skiers with his adventurous stunts.
Synonyms
34
3.6
A person who does dangerous actions in films or shows to entertain people
26
6.1
A person who likes doing dangerous stunts
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7.6
A person who does dangerous tricks to get attention
Antonyms
Compounds
How Daring
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Morphology
Etymology
Hotdog for a show-off likely grew from the idea of someone being hot ('exciting' or 'daring') and the playful use of dog as a name, so daring athletes and stunt people were called hotdogs. So a hotdog today is a person who does risky stunts to get attention.