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Definition 2024
hot-rod
hot rod
See also: hotrod
English
Alternative forms
Noun
- Typically a passenger vehicle modified to run and/or accelerate faster. The term may be used generically to apply to any car, truck, or motorcycle (et al.) modified for increased speed and/or performance. It may also be used to specifically describe and refer to modified cars from the original (or traditional) era of "hot rods", post World War II and prior to 1960.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- hot rodder
- hot-rodder
- hotrodder
- hot rodding
- hot-rodding
- hotrodding
See also
- custom car
- gasser
- pro street
- street machine
- street rod
- T bucket
Verb
hot rod (third-person singular simple present hot rods, present participle hot roding, simple past and past participle hot roded) or hotrod (slang)
- A colloquialism and slang term used to refer to the act of modifying a vehicle for enhanced driving performance, top speed, and/or to accelerate faster.
- "Are you going to hot rod [the vehicle] or leave it stock?"
Synonyms
Derived terms
- hot rodded
- hot rodding
- hotrodded
- hotrodding