Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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hot dog

UK /ˈhɒt.dɒɡ/ · US /ˈhɑt.dɔɡ/ noun, verb, interjection

Forms hot dogs hot dogging hot dogged hotdog hot-dog

  1. noun A sausage, typically a frankfurter. “Don't forget to buy some hot dogs to grill and some buns to put them on.”
  2. noun A food item (dish) consisting of a frankfurter or wiener and (usually) a hot dog bun, with toppings such as ketchup, mustard, relish, sauerkraut, onions, cheese, etc. “He ordered a hot dog with everything on it.”
  3. noun A show-off or daredevil, especially in such sports as surfing, skateboarding, or skiing.
  4. noun (New Zealand) A battered, deep-fried sausage or saveloy on a stick; a corn dog.
  5. noun (US, education, informal) Describing the shape of a rectangular piece of paper folded in half so that it forms a long rectangle.
  6. noun (slang, vulgar) The penis.
  7. noun (slang, vulgar) A sexually suggestive physical gesture involving movement of the hips.
  8. verb (slang, intransitive) To perform a dangerous or difficult act or stunt as a display of skill or daring, especially in surfing and other sports.
  9. interjection An expression of delight or enthusiasm.
  10. interjection An expression of disappointment.

Synonyms

frankfurter frank frankfurt wiener weenie glizzy tube steak pimp steak red hot dog footlong sausage wienie anaconda baloney pony bald-headed hermit banana bird birdie bobby hotdog wienerwurst

Etymology

From hot + dog, in reference to the supposed source of the meat, both in the senses of the food item (noun senses 1 and 2) and of a show-off (noun sense 3). First attested in 1884 in the Evansville (Indiana) Daily Courier.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “hot dog”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details