hot-doggy

See also: hot doggy and hotdoggy

English

Alternative forms

• hot doggy, hotdoggy

Etymology

From hot dog +‎ -y.

Adjective

hot-doggy (comparative more hot-doggy, superlative most hot-doggy)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a hot dog.
   • 1999 March 25, “The Vent”, in The Atlanta Constitution, volume 131, number 193, Atlanta, Ga., page B2, column 1:

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

   • 2002 July 2, Sally Pollak, “Man bites dog: Chefs name best hot dog in a blind taste test”, in The Burlington Free Press, volume 175, number 183, Burlington, Vt., page 1C:

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

   • 2005 July 20, Lorie Hutson, “Hots dogs all pretty tasty but Nathan’s top choice”, in The Spokesman-Review, 123rd year, number 40, Spokane, Wash., page D8, column 1:

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

   • 2006, NancyKay Shapiro, What Love Means to You People, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Dunne Books, →ISBN, page 44:

     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.

   • 2008 July 3, “Sorting through packs of dogs”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, 180th year, number 33, Philadelphia, Pa., page F2, column 1:

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

   • 2008 November 11, Audrey Fessler, Jeff Vahlbusch, “Will brake for meat: Road trips not complete without touring several butcher shops”, in Leader-Telegram, Eau Claire, Wis., page 6A:

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

   • 2011 September 12, Erene Stergiopoulos, Tom Cardoso, “Who let the dogs out? Your guide to the best wiener on campus”, in The Varsity, volume CXXXII, number 3, Toronto, Ont.: University of Toronto, page 13:

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

   • 2011 November 8, Audrey Fessler, Jeff Vahlbusch, “Good dogs!”, in Leader-Telegram, volume 42, number 150, Eau Claire, Wis., page 7A, column 1:

     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.

   • 2014 December 24, Rob Thomas, “Brat-chos and Tot-chos at State Street Brats”, in The Capital Times, Madison, Wis., page 35, column 1:

     The smoky, hot-doggy flavor of those red brat medallions was pretty strong, and quickly took over the palate from the cheese and (rather flavorless) peppers.

   • 2015 July 2, Cory Myers, “Food Falls: Hot dogs and America: A study in exces”, in Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, S.D., Link section, page 9, column 3:

     The itty-bitty pigs in a blanket were salty, hot-doggy and everything I thought they would be. If you like hot dogs, you’ll like this crust.

2. With hot dogs.
   • 1922 June 1, “Girl’s Club Outing at Seashore”, in Monmouth Democrat: A Weekly Compend of News, Politics, Literature, Agriculture, &c., volume LXXXVII, number 22 (whole 4593), Freehold, N.J., front page, column 5:

     Monday night they enjoyed dancing and Tuesday night they had a “hot-doggy” roast on the beach to which their friends were invited.

   • 1929 August 25, Yvonne Firkins, “Sapodilla! They’re Off In a Flash! Derby Day On the Home Track”, in The Vancouver Sunday Province, thirty-sixth year, number 150, Vancouver, B.C., page 2, columns 2–3:

     Miles of newsprint have been devoted to describing the atmosphere of Derby Day, but, in our little way, we have lots of atmosphere at our races, too, or so I thought when I spent an afternoon there recently; slightly hot-doggy, it’s true, but people must have food.

   • 1931 July 3, George Ryan, “[Light and Airy] Cause Enough”, in Daily Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Me., page six, column 4:

     […] / Toddlers getting pretty groggy, / Filled with lunches too hot-doggy; / […]

   • 2011 February 4, Sam Venable, “What? The game is still live?”, in Friday News Sentinel, Knoxville, Tenn., page A4, column 1:

     But if you’re tired of the standard greasy, cheesy, dippy, beefy, hot-doggy, doughy fare associated with football watching, let me lay a scrumptious alternative on you.

3. Resembling or characteristic of a show-off or daredevil.
   • 1976 August 1, “The Affluent Activists”, in Forbes, page 22, columns 2–3:

     Of waterskiing, if you can believe it, says retailer Jack Hanna of Nautique Water Ski & Sport Supply, “This is basically a hot-doggy sport. Everyone wants to look like a competitor.”

   • 2001 June 27, Skip Bayless, “Diop, Griffin offer draft’s best benefits”, in Chicago Tribune, 155th year, number 178, Chicago, Ill., section 4, page 1, column 1:

     I refuse to overreact to several scouts and GMs who have reversed field on Curry because he has lost some of his burger-and-fries weight and exhibited none of the hot-doggy, too-cool attitude in NBA workouts that got him in trouble in some embarrassing high school losses, including the state final.

   • 2010 February 17, Bob Ryan, “Paying the price for this lesson”, in The Boston Globe, volume 277, number 48, Boston, Mass., page C1:

     Four years ago, Lindsey Jacobellis fell in her big race because she was in a hot-doggy mood. It cost her a gold medal. Four years ago, Maelle Ricker fell in that same competition because you can fall in snowboardcross and you can get seriously hurt.