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Photo : Michael Alan Ross This Porsche hot rod started as a 911 with 400,000 miles on it and was transformed into an R Gruppe icon.
—Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2024
Logano — and all of Team Penske — had hot rods at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
—Joseph Wolkin, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
Hagan, a four-time Nitro Funny Car World Champion, brought his 12,000 horsepower hot rod to the track.
—Liam Rappleye, Detroit Free Press, 10 Aug. 2024
In 2022, as the air was coming out of the tires of the cryptocurrency hot rod, FTX somehow became the world's darling for several months, before the whole thing turned out to be a giant fraud.
—Brady Dale, Axios, 8 Aug. 2024
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1943, in the meaning defined above
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“Hot rod.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20rod. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
hot rod
noun
: an automobile rebuilt or changed for high speed and fast acceleration
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Nglish: Translation of hot rod for Spanish Speakers
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