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1. hot rod, hot-rodnoun

   a car modified to increase its speed and acceleration

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1. hot rodnoun

   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.

2. hot rodverb

   A colloquialism and slang term used to refer to the act of modifying a vehicle for enhanced driving performance, top speed, and/or to accelerate faster.

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1. hot rod

   A hot rod is a classic American car, typically from the 1920s to early 1960s, that has been modified, often with larger engines, improved suspensions, and other performance enhancements, for faster speed and improved performance. These cars are often associated with street racing and car culture and are recognizable for their unique, sometimes flashy, customized designs.

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1. Hot rod

   Hot rods are typically American cars with large engines modified for linear speed. The origin of the term "hot rod" is unclear. One explanation is that the term is a contraction of "hot roadster," meaning a roadster that was modified for speed. Another possible origin includes modifications to or replacement of the camshaft, sometimes known as a "stick" or "rod". A camshaft designed to produce more power is sometimes called a "hot stick" or a "hot rod". Roadsters were the cars of choice because they were light. The term became commonplace in the 1930s or 1940s as the name of a car that had been "hopped up" by modifying the engine in various ways to achieve higher performance. The term can also apply to other items that are "suped up" for a particular purpose, such as "hot-rodded amplifier".

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hot rod in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hot rod in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of hot rod in a Sentence

1. Butch Patrick:

   When I was physically working on the show, not in the camera, I always enjoyed the episode where the car was used because number one it was a hot rod. It was a very cool first hot rod on television, and number two it meant we would be outside, i enjoyed cars as a kid, so you could imagine that was a very cool thing for me to do.

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1. ^ Princeton's WordNethttp://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hot rod
2. ^ Wiktionaryhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hot_Rod
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4. ^ Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=hot rod

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• 热棒Chinese

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