hotdogged

verb

past tense of hotdog
as in 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 Synonyms for hotdogged
  1. cut up
  2. fooled around
  3. showed off
  4. acted up
  5. reveled
Verb
  • Californios’ reign began to vanish even before the discovery of gold, when droughts and floods wiped out their easygoing livelihoods, and their lands were cut up, sold off, and their land grants swept aside by the new state.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The board's original proposal called for cutting up to 18 English learner teachers across the district.
    — Beret Leone, CBS News, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of cut up
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  • Not too long ago, artificial intelligence was more or less a science project in which data scientists and developers fooled around with one-off small or test projects.
    — Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Definition of fooled around
Verb
  • The doubleheader at PeoplesBank Arena showed off the UConn programs in a most promising light.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 Nov. 2026
  • During the ribbon-cutting for the wind farm, some construction workers showed off massive new turbine tattoos.
    — Sara Herschander, Vox, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of showed off
Verb
  • And of course, Peterson not playing would have made some wonder if the McDonald’s All-American’s hamstring had acted up again.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 7 Dec. 2025
Definition of acted up
Verb
  • Navarrete reveled with one woman over her husband’s release from a detention facility.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Walker wore his Cardinals hat backward, chewed a big wad of bubble gum and reveled afterward in flashing his imitation Liberty Bell bling, the champions chain presented by Ryan Howard.
    — Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
Definition of reveled
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