variants
or less commonly hoagy
plural hoagies
US
: a large sandwich on a long split roll with any of a variety of fillings : a submarine sandwich (see submarine entry 2 sense 2)
A traveler from New Orleans, accustomed to ordering a poor boy for lunch, still must order a grinder in Upstate New York to get a sandwich on a long hard roll. In Boston it is called submarine, but in Philadelphia the sandwich is a hoagie…—
Ann Himmelberger Wald
Ann Himmelberger WaldHoagie is the name given to the sandwich in Philadelphia. Hoagie is common throughout Pennsylvania and much of southern New Jersey.—William Grimes
William GrimesA steak hoagie was even better. The thin-sliced meat was tender, the bun soft and fresh, the provolone properly melted, all the innards in adequate helpings and the dressing unusually tasty …—Pete Bishop
Pete BishopExamples of hoagie in a Sentence
She had a meatball hoagie for lunch.
had a steak-and-cheese hoagie for the first time in Philadelphia
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Dinner was served on a hoagie roll filled with sliced beef, sautéed onions and peppers, and melted cheese.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2025
Its specialty is steamed hoagies, an East Tennessee sandwich style served on seriously soft bread — white or pumpernickel rye — from Nashville's Charpier's Custom Bakery.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The protein and peppers were cradled in a hoagie with enough fluff and chewiness to meet all of my expectations.
—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 3 Aug. 2025
In Philly, they’re called hoagie rolls, but any soft sub rolls work here.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 25 July 2025
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Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2025
Its specialty is steamed hoagies, an East Tennessee sandwich style served on seriously soft bread — white or pumpernickel rye — from Nashville's Charpier's Custom Bakery.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The protein and peppers were cradled in a hoagie with enough fluff and chewiness to meet all of my expectations.
—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 3 Aug. 2025
In Philly, they’re called hoagie rolls, but any soft sub rolls work here.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 25 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for hoagie
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“Hoagie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hoagie. Accessed 2 Sep. 2025.
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hoagie
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hoa·gie
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