Thesaurus results for HOAGIE

hoagie

noun

ˈhō-gē

variants also hoagy

Definition of hoagie

as in submarine

a large sandwich on a long split roll had a steak-and-cheese hoagie for the first time in Philadelphia

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Recent Examples of hoagie Wawa's annual Hoagie Day returned Wednesday, with the company serving 30,000 hoagies outside the National Constitution Center. — Cbs News Philadelphia Staff, CBS News, 1 July 2026 Inspired by classic dressed hoagies, these sandwiches are filled with peppers, zucchini, eggplant, and red onion and doused in tangy Italian vinaigrette. — Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 25 June 2026 Here, submakers pitch baseball-sized hunks of cold cuts across the room, which land like a catcher’s mitt into a spread-open hoagie held by another employee. — Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 10 June 2026 Marinucci’s Deli The Platonic ideal of an Italian hoagie comes from Marinucci’s in Northeast Philly’s Mayfair neighborhood, which opened in 1991 and has been run since 2017 by AJ Dougherty and Chris Klos. — Adam Erace, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for hoagie

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The Giant Giant Kelp Restoration Project in Monterey has an enormous submarine vacuum to suck urchins from the barrens.

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Despite our best efforts, there will undoubtedly be further clarifications and refinements that need to be made particularly within sub-teams that will need to be more specifically re-aligned to this new structure.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2026
Despite our best efforts, there will undoubtedly be further clarifications and refinements that need to be made, particularly within sub-teams that will need to be more specifically realigned to this new structure.

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 29 Oct. 2026

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