hot rod

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nounSlang.
  1. an automobile specially built or altered for fast acceleration and increased speed.

Origin of hot rod

1
An Americanism dating back to 1940–45

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Other definitions for hot-rod (2 of 2)

hot-rod
[ hot-rod ]

verb (used without object),hot-rod·ded, hot-rod·ding.
  1. to drive a hot rod.

  2. to drive very fast.

verb (used with object),hot-rod·ded, hot-rod·ding.
  1. to drive (a vehicle) very fast.

  2. to adapt (a vehicle or its engine) for increased speed.

Origin of hot-rod

2
First recorded in 1945–50

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How to use hot rod in a sentence

  • These vintage hot rod racers were catnip to testosterone-pumped owner pilots.

    Reno’s Reckless Air Tragedy | Clive Irving | September 17, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Are we about to see a revisionist pushback on how hot rod has already been hanged, drawn, and quartered?

    D.C. Diary | Tina Brown | January 18, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • However, he has managed to leave Project hot rod operational while unattended.

    Where I Wasn't Going | Walt Richmond
  • "hot rod has been sabotaged," a frantic voice on the other end of the beam shouted in his ear without formalities.

    Where I Wasn't Going | Walt Richmond
  • The nearly four million pound mass of hot rod was slowly being left behind.

    Where I Wasn't Going | Walt Richmond
  • hot rod rolled on its center of gravity, and its beam-director mirror swung in a huge arc.

    Where I Wasn't Going | Walt Richmond
  • hot rod pressures insufficient to achieve your present apparent acceleration.

    Where I Wasn't Going | Walt Richmond

British Dictionary definitions for hot rod

hot rod

noun
  1. a car with an engine that has been radically modified to produce increased power

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Other Idioms and Phrases with hot rod

hot rod

An automobile modified to increase its speed and acceleration, as in Kids love to tinker with cars and try to convert them into hot rods. [Mid-1900s] Also see hopped up.

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