hoagie

noun

hoa·​gie ˈhō-gē 

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

Hoagie is the name given to the sandwich in Philadelphia. Hoagie is common throughout Pennsylvania and much of southern New Jersey.

—William Grimes

A 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

Synonyms of hoagie

• submarine
• hero
• sub

Examples of hoagie in a Sentence

She had a meatball hoagie for lunch.

had a steak-and-cheese hoagie for the first time in Philadelphia

Recent Examples on the Web

But there is a small part of the country where a grinder/hoagie/hero/sub is known as a wedge. —Louis Menand, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025

While there were quirky moments and asides — about holiday music, a hoagie and more — the point of the hearing was to help the judge assess whether Mangione voluntarily spoke to police and whether the officers were justified in searching his property before getting a warrant. —Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2025

Famous hoagies and free coffee. —Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 15 Dec. 2025

There was also an unhinged Italian hoagie recipe, consisting of pepperoni, shredded mozzarella, raw garlic, mushrooms, and black olives. —Adam Erace, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Dec. 2025

Word History

Etymology

origin unknown

First Known Use

1943, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hoagie

• bogey
• yogi
• muscogee

Kids Definition

hoagie

noun

hoa·​gie ˈhō-gē 

: submarine entry 2 sense 2