Meaning

Resembling or characteristic of a hot dog..

Definitions by Sense

1. Resembling or characteristic of a hot dog.
2. With hot dogs.
3. Resembling or characteristic of a show-off or daredevil.

Example Sentences

The air around here is starting to get that slight hot-doggy, exhaust smell. Kind of like New York.

Chef-instructor Sarah Langan called the Hebrew National more “hot-doggy,” but in the final analysis went with McKenzie for its spices.

“Standard, hot-doggy, on the smaller side, but with a nice taste and not so salty as (the Hebrew National franks),” said Laura Hollman.

The whistle boomed, gulls chattered overhead, the sticky air was filled with a bilgey, hot-doggy smell, punctuated by the almost putrid sweetness of honey-roasted nuts.

Curing salts made from sodium nitrite preserve the meat and add that special hot-doggy flavor you may recall from your childhood.

The wieners are classic: light smoke, good hot-doggy flavor and wonderfully snappy natural casings, about $3.79 a pound.

The all-beef dog tastes more hot-doggy than our previous candidates.

Crescent Meats wieners: Pork and beef. Moist, hammy, with a medium-strength cured flavor — that briny-sharp hot-doggy “taste” — a hint of nutmeg or allspice and a mild white-pepper afterglow.

Word Forms

• more hot-doggy
• most hot-doggy
• hot doggy
• hotdoggy

When Should You Use Hot-doggy?

Use hot-doggy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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