as in to cut up
to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior
a skier who couldn't resist the urge to hotdog on the slopes whenever he wanted to impress a girl
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Recent Examples of hotdog
Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 3 Feb. 2025
Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2025
Especially since any mayonnaise on a hot dog is too much mayonnaise.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Send any news, comments, Meta predictions, or Costco hotdogs to talk@qz.com.
—Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
Daynard, a laconic sort who wouldn’t order a hot dog without due process, tasked his staff to study the matter closely.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2025
Especially since any mayonnaise on a hot dog is too much mayonnaise.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hotdog
Verb
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The chicken, now cut up into small pieces at the lunch hour, soaks up the broth and packs an even more flavorful punch.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
30 Oct. 2025
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Guests ate slices of Chantilly sheet cakes from Whole Foods, which were cut up in the back and served with the rest of the desserts.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
Interjection
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Setting it in one building also set off ah-ha moments.—
Carole Horst,
Variety,
15 Oct. 2025
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Amid the federal vaccine policy upheaval, these groups and other major organizations ha ve broken with federal guidance and published their own vaccine recommendations – and some states have formally adopted these recommendations, too.—
Deidre McPhillips,
CNN Money,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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McGuane’s cowboys lose fights—for women, for their ranches, for their dreams—and tend to know when they’ve been beaten.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
30 Oct. 2025
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The Call Me By Your Name actor plays an outlaw among a group of travelers in the Old West who team up with a cowboy named Merrick Beckford (Myles Clohessy) on a dangerous journey.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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For several decades, Karl Ratzsch's Restaurant served as a downtown Milwaukee landmark for both locals and visitors hungry for wiener schnitzel, sauerbraten, and other German foods.—
Tom Daykin,
jsonline.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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There will be a German costume contest, wiener toss challenge and other German games.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Running or horsing around with sparklers can also cause injuries and burns when users trip and fall.—
Justin Laube,
EverydayHealth.com,
2 July 2025
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Heath Ryan, who represented Australia in dressage at the 2008 Olympics, can be seen in the video – which the rider said is about two years old – hitting a horse around 40 times.—
Matias Grez,
CNN Money,
13 June 2025
Interjection
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And hey, guess what — Guy finishes the episode by, to some degree, taking my suggestion.—
Lily Osler,
Vulture,
3 Nov. 2025
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But, hey, Aaron Judge is still really good.—
Stephen J. Nesbitt,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The figures of frankfurters purchased were already piling up as the Twins took batting practice roughly 90 minutes before the 7:08 p.m. first pitch.—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
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Smack dab in the middle of hot dog season is a day to celebrate the frankfurter: National Hot Dog Day, which falls this year on Wednesday, July 16.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
16 July 2025
Verb
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For Halloween 2021, Pepper Thai — cookbook author and Chrissy Teigen's mom — showed off her costume on Instagram as the ultimate momager, wearing a fur coat and holding a Hermès Birkin bag.—
Diana Pearl,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Lemmon takes on the sheer look in a diaphanous black silk organza skirt and jacket layered over the tricolor, while Jacobson leaves her suit jacket open to show off an ab-baring cropped button-down and midi skirt.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Hotdog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hotdog. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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