hot
English
Alternative forms
* (physically attractive) hawt (slang, especially Internet''), hott (''slang, especially Internet )
Adjective
(hotter)
Of an object, having a high temperature.
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*:There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs;.
Of the weather, causing the air to be hot.
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Of a person or animal, feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.
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Feverish.
Of food, spicy.
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(lb) Very good, remarkable, exciting.
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Stolen.
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(lb) Electrically charged
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(lb) Radioactive.
(lb) Of a person, very physically or sexually attractive.
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Sexual; involving sexual intercourse or sexual excitement.
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Popular; in demand.
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Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed.
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Performing strongly; having repeated successes.
*1938 , Harold M. Sherman, "Shooting Stars," Boys' Life (March 1938), Published by Boy Scouts of America, p.5:
*:"Keep going! You're hot tonight!" urged Wally.
*2002 , Peter Krause & Andy King, Play-By-Play Golf, First Avenue Editions, p.55:
*:The ball lands on the fairway, just a couple of yards in front of the green. "Nice shot Sarah! You're hot today!" Jenny says.
Fresh; just released.
*1960 , Super Markets of the Sixties: Findings, recommendations.- v.2. The plans and sketches, Super Market Institute, p.30:
*:A kid can stand in the street and sell newspapers, if the headlines are hot .
*2000 , David Cressy, Travesties and transgressions in Tudor and Stuart England: tales of discord and dissension, Oxford University Press, p.34:
*:Some of these publications show signs of hasty production, indicating that they were written while the news was hot .
Uncomfortable, difficult to deal with; awkward, dangerous, unpleasant.
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Synonyms
* (having a high temperature) heated; see also
* (of the weather) baking, boiling, boiling hot, sultry, sweltering
* (feeling the sensation of heat) baking, boiling, boiling hot
* (feverish) feverish, having a temperature
* (spicy) piquant, spicy, tangy
* stolen
* (electrically charged) live
* (radioactive) radioactive
* attractive, beautiful, cute, fit, foxy, gorgeous, handsome, hunky, lush, pretty, sexy, studly, tasty, yummy
Antonyms
* (having a high temperature) chilled, chilly, cold, cold as ice, freezing, freezing cold, frigid, glacial, ice-cold, icy
* (of the weather) cold, freezing, freezing cold, icy
* (feeling the sensation of heat) freezing, freezing cold
* (spicy) bland, mild
* (electrically charged) neutral, dead
* (slang) lifeless
Derived terms
* a bit hot
* as hot as hell, hot as hell
* boiling hot
* blow hot and cold
* catch it hot, get it hot
* give it to someone hot
* give it to someone hot and strong
* go hot and cold
* go like hot cakes, sell like hot cakes
* have the hots for
* hot air
* hot and bothered
* hot-and-hot
* hot bed
* hot beef
* hot blast
* hot-blooded
* hot bottle
* hot box
* hot-brain
* hot-brained
* hot bulb
* hot button
* hot cathode
* hot chair
* hot check
* hot chisel
* hot-closet
* hot cockles
* hot coppers
* hot cross bun
* hot cupboard
* hot damn
* hot date
* hot diggety, hot diggety dog
* hot-dip
* hot-dipped
* hot dipping
* hot dog
* hot favorite, hot favourite
* hot flash, hot flush
* hot-flue
* hotfoot
* hot from the press, hot off the press
* hot gospeler, hot gospeller
* hot gospeling, hot gospelling
* hot hatch
* hot-hatch
* hothead
* hotheaded
* hot-hoof
* hot-house, hothouse
* hot-iron test
* hot-key
* hot laboratory
* hot line, hotline
* hotly
* hot-making
* hot melt, hot-melt adhesive, hot-melt glue
* hot metal
* hot money
* hotness
* hot on
* hot on someone's heels
* hot-panted, hot-pantsed
* hot pants
* hot pint
* hotplate
* hotpot
* hot potato
* hot-press
* hot-presser
* hot property
* hot rod, hotrod
* hot-rodder, hotrodder
* hot-saw
* hot seat
* hot set
* hot shift
* hot shoe
* hot-short
* hotshot
* hot-skull
* hot-spirited
* hot spot
* hot spring
* hotspur
* hot squat
* hot-stopping
* hot-stove
* hot stuff
* hot-swap
* hot tap
* hot tear
* hot tearing
* hot-tempered
* hotter
* hottie
* hotting
* hottish
* hot to trot
* hot-trod
* hot tub
* hot tube
* hot under the collar
* hot up
* hot wall
* hot war
* hot water
* hot wave
* hot well
* hot wind
* hot-wire
* hot-wired
* hot with
* hot-work
* hot-working
* in hot pursuit
* like a cat on hot bricks
* make it hot for, make things hot for
* run hot
* smoking hot
* too hot for
* too hot to hold
Verb
To heat; to make or become hot.
To become lively or exciting.
Synonyms
* hot up; heat, heat up
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