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hoagy

hoa·gy
H h

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hoh-gee]
    • /ˈhoʊ gi/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hoh-gee]
    • /ˈhoʊ gi/

Definitions of hoagy word

  • noun plural hoagy a hero sandwich. 1
  • noun hoagy Hoagland Howard [hohg-luh nd] /ˈhoʊg lənd/ (Show IPA), ("Hoagy") 1899–1981, U.S. songwriter and musician. 1
  • noun hoagy Stokely [stohk-lee] /ˈstoʊk li/ (Show IPA), (Kwame Ture) 1941–1998, U.S. civil-rights leader, born in Trinidad: chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 1966–67. 1
  • noun hoagy a town in central California, near Sacramento. 1
  • noun hoagy (Pennsylvania) A sandwich made on a long bun; submarine sandwich. 1

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Origin of hoagy

First appearance:

before 1965
One of the 2% newest English words
1965-70, Americanism; a number of anecdotal hypotheses have been advanced as to the orig. of the word, most claiming it to be derivative of hog, either in reference to pork as an ingredient, or as an epithet for a person capable of eating such a sandwich, or alluding to Hog Island, an industrial and shipping area of South Philadelphia; but corroborating evidence is lacking; see -ie

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Parts of speech for Hoagy

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

hoagy popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

hoagy usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for hoagy

noun hoagy

  • hero — a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character: He became a local hero when he saved the drowning child.
  • hoagie — a hero sandwich.
  • sub — a submarine.
  • submarine sandwich — a sandwich made with a long cylindrical bread roll
  • wedge — a piece of hard material with two principal faces meeting in a sharply acute angle, for raising, holding, or splitting objects by applying a pounding or driving force, as from a hammer. Compare machine (def 3b).

Top questions with hoagy

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