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hotdogging

hotdogging

1 8.9
Doing daring showy tricks to get attention, often in sports
  • noun
  • /ˈhɑtˌdɔɡɪŋ/
  • Slang
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  • His hotdogging loses them the gig, and finally, thank the lords, Scarlett gets a spine transfusion and reads him the riot act for blowing her gig because of his jealousy.

Examples

  • During the competition, her hotdogging impressed the judges and earned her high scores.

  • "I told you that hotdogging stuff doesn't work?"

    Fiction book (1999)

  • You never know for sure if some hotdogging cowboy is behind the wheel, and odds are that any encounter you have won't be a good one.

    Blog text (12)

  • Rush, who did not go in for such hotdogging, and Magic Sam, who was by all reports an easygoing guy, did not dispute the verdict—although they took the liberty of drinking the bottle of whiskey awarded as first prize.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The skateboarder showed off his skills with some hotdogging tricks at the park.

  • Many athletes engage in hotdogging to grab the audience's attention with spectacular stunts.

Synonyms

pole-jocking
vshotdogging
  • Slang
9.9

Trying to get attention by showing off in a silly or rude way

focuses on daring sports stunts performed to attract attention

Antonyms

subduedness
8.1

A calm, controlled way of acting when facing difficulty or trouble

Surface Forms

hotdogging singular
hotdoggings plural

Morphology

hotdogging = hotdog (transparent) = hot + dog + ing

Derived from the verb 'hotdog' (to show off) with the productive suffix '-ing', so it denotes the action or process of showing off.

Etymology

Hotdogging comes from American slang hot dog, a name for someone who 'shows off' with daring tricks. So hotdogging is the act of doing risky, showy stunts to get attention.