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.
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(sexuality, slang) The penis.
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(colloquial, slang) To modify 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?
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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