Hoagie

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  hoagie \hoagie\, hoagy \hoagy\n.
     a large sandwich on a long crusty roll that is split
     lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and
     onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used
     in different sections of the U. S., such as {hero},
     {grinder}, and {submarine}.


  
     Syn: bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, Cuban
          sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine,
          submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  submarine sandwich \sub`ma*rine" sand"wich\, n.
     A large sandwich on an elongated roll, usually incompletely
     cut into two halves, filed with various cold cuts, meatballs,
     lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, olives, etc., and spiced
     variously, and often having oil or other dressing applied;
     called also {hoagie}, {hero}, {hero sandwich}, {grinder},
     {sub}, {submarine}, {poor boy}, and {Italian sandwich}. A
     single such sandwich may consitute a substantial meal. Very
     large variants are sometimes prepared for social gatherings
     and cut into pieces for individual consumption.
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hoagie
       n : a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise
           and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion
           and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in
           different sections of the United States [syn: {bomber}, {grinder},
            {hero}, {hero sandwich}, {hoagy}, {Cuban sandwich}, {Italian
           sandwich}, {poor boy}, {sub}, {submarine}, {submarine
           sandwich}, {torpedo}, {wedge}, {zep}]