corndog
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈkɔrnˌdɔg/
- US
:
perrito caliente empanizado
- Children lined up excitedly to get their corndogs before the parade started.
- eating a corndog
Examples
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I was dying for one of these corndogs.
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I got sick from a corndog once.
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Is that the guy who sold corndogs?
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Hey, you got any more corndogs?
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- But I prefer corndogs because you don't need a bun for it.
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Corndogs are so easy!
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At the fair, I couldn't resist buying a corndog from the food stand.
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He enjoyed a crispy corndog dipped in mustard at the carnival.
Synonyms
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1.0
A food made from ground meat and spices in a thin skin
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1.0
A cooked sausage in a sliced bun often eaten as fast food
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1.8
A hot dog covered in cornmeal batter and fried on a stick
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Corndog comes from joining corn and dog, where corn points to the cornmeal coating and dog comes from the common name 'hot dog' for a sausage. So a corndog is a 'hot dog' on a stick covered in corn batter and fried, which is why the name fits the food.