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hot rod
(redirected from hot-rodding)

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hot rod also hot-rod (htrd)
n. Slang
An automobile that has been rebuilt or modified to increase its speed and acceleration.
hot-rod v.
hot rodder, hot-rodder n.
hot rod
n
(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a car with an engine that has been radically modified to produce increased power
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hot rodhot rod - a car modified to increase its speed and acceleration
hot-rod
auto, automobile, car, motorcar, machine - a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work"
Translations
hot rod n (Aut) (fam) → macchina truccata
hot rod n (Aut) (fam) → macchina truccata


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PALMDALE - Car builder Ed ``Big Daddy'' Roth, whose outlandish custom cars and even more outlandish hot-rodding cartoon monsters made him famous in the 1960s, is the inspiration for a weekend gathering of custom-car and hot rod aficionados.
6TH ANNUAL RAT FINK PARTY, CAR SHOW SET EVENT INSPIRED BY LATE 'BIG ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
That Night (1987), a sparkling, swooning evocation of a lost era, related the events of a summer evening in a 1960s Long Island suburb, when a gang of hot-rodding town toughs, attempting to steal away their leader's girlfriend, does battle with the fathers of the neighborhood.
That Night by Cooper, Rand Richards / Commonweal
E[acute accent]Beginning with the muscle car era of the 1960s, CRAGAR(R)-branded performance products became forever associated with muscle cars and America's passion for drag racing, customizing, and hot-rodding.
Global Entertainment Corp.'s Automotive Subsidiary -- Cragar ... by Business Wire
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