HOT ROD Definition & Meaning

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hot rod

noun

Slang.

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

hot-rod

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verb (used without object)

hot-rodded, hot-rodding.

to drive a hot rod.
to drive very fast.

verb (used with object)

hot-rodded, hot-rodding.

to drive (a vehicle) very fast.
to adapt (a vehicle or its engine) for increased speed.

hot rod

noun

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

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of hot rod¹

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45

Origin of hot rod²

First recorded in 1945–50

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Idioms and Phrases

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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“We had a good race car and what keeps me alive is driving this hot rod and all these fans,” Force said.

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Although hot rods were made popular in the 1970s because of movies such as “American Graffiti” and muscle cars became a staple on Southern California streets, lowriders were designed to be low and slow.

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He started with small, thickly painted works barely 8 inches square, framed in wood as exquisitely polished as the finish on his old hot rods.

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Anderson recorded Chandler pushing her walker and jokingly said, “Slow down hot rod.”

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Southern California remains synonymous with classic and customized cars of yesteryear, from hot rods to lowriders.

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