| Main Entry: | hot dog |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | frankfurter |
Synonyms: |
Georgia hot, boaster, crowd-pleaser, dog, flaunter, foot long, footlong, frank, frankfurter, grandstander, hotshot, pigs in a blanket, red-hot, redhot, sausage, showboat, weenie, weenie, wiener |
| Notes: | a frankfurter is a smoked sausage, hot dog describes a frankfurter served in a bun or roll, and wiener is actually 'wienerwurst' or Vienna sausage and later became a synonym for frankfurter |
| Main Entry: | hot dog |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | showoff |
Synonyms: |
boaster, braggart, crowd-pleaser, granstander, showboat |
| Main Entry: | influential |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | effective, powerful |
Synonyms: |
affecting, authoritative, big-gun, big-wheel, controlling, dominant, efficacious, famous, forcible, governing, guiding, hot-dog, important, impressive, inspiring, instrumental, leading, major-league, meaningful, momentous, moving, name, persuasive, potent, prominent, significant, strong, substantial, telling, touching, weighty |
Antonyms: |
ineffective, ineffectual, unimportant, uninfluential, unmoving, weak |