Definition of "footlong" [footlong]

• Being about one foot in length: a footlong hot dog. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Apparently Subway thinks they should own the rights to the word 'footlong.'"
• "A footlong is the 12-inch hot dog (preferably with that thin oniony chili) that I get at Dairy Queen (and have eaten there since I was five)."
• "Casey's has and will continue to use 'footlong' to describe a sandwich, Casey's lawyers said in their petition."