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hot dog
(redirected from hotdogging)

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a hot dog (American, informal)
someone who tries to make people notice them by performing especially fast or well in a sport. Mike's just one hot dog! - it's amazing what he does in front of a big crowd.
See also: dog, hot

hot dog (American, informal)

to perform actions in a sport so that people notice you because of your skill or speed. They spent the day hot dogging down the slopes at Aspen. (always + adv/prep)
See also: dog, hot

Hot dog! (American, old-fashioned)

something that you say when you are very pleased about something. You won the race? Hot dog!
See also: dog, hot


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Once more or less synonymous with modern surfing, big-wave riding found itself sidelined in the late '60s by what came to be called the "short-board revolution" and the subsequent preoccupation with small-wave hotdogging and tube riding.
What I cannot understand is what all the above has to do with an American pilot hotdogging his jet in a ski area at an illegal altitude, killing 20 people, most of whom were not Italians.
Within a few weeks, however, Twiggy was hotdogging around on her own.
 
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