hot adj

1 used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead" [ant: cold]

2 characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense; "the fighting became hot and heavy"; "a hot engagement"; "a raging battle"; "the river became a raging torrent" [syn: raging]

3 extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm; "a hot temper"; "a hot topic"; "a hot new book"; "a hot love affair"; "a hot argument" [ant: cold]

4 (color) bold and intense; "hot pink"

5 sexually excited or exciting; "was hot for her"; "hot pants"

6 recently stolen or smuggled; "hot merchandise"; "a hot car"

7 very fast; "a blistering pace"; "got off to a hot start"; "in hot pursuit"; "a red-hot line drive" [syn: blistering, red-hot]

8 wanted by the police; "a hot suspect"

9 performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy; "a hot drummer"; "he's hot tonight"

10 having a piquant burning taste of spices or peppers; "gingery Chinese food"; "hot peppers"; "hot curry"; "corn chips with peppery salsa"; "spicy tomato sauce" [syn: gingery, peppery, spicy]

11 very popular or successful; "one of the hot young talents"; "cabbage patch dolls were hot last season"

12 very unpleasant or even dangerous; "make it hot for him"; "in the hot seat"; "in hot water"

13 newest or most recent; "news hot off the press"; "red-hot information" [syn: red-hot]

14 having or bringing unusually good luck; "hot at craps"; "the dice are hot tonight"

15 very good; often used in the negative; "he's hot at math but not so hot at history"

16 newly made; "a hot scent"

17 capable of quick response and great speed; "a hot sports car"

18 having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm; "hot for travel"

19 of a seeker; near to the object sought; "you're getting warm"; "hot on the trail" [syn: warm]

20 having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity; "hot fuel rods"; "a hot laboratory"

21 charged or energized with electricity; "a hot wire"; "a live wire" [syn: live]

22 marked by excited activity; "a hot week on the stock market" [also: hottest, hotter]

English

Alternative spellings

• i-c physically attractive hawt (slang, especially Internet), hott (slang, especially Internet)

Etymology

hāt.

Pronunciation

• a RP /hɒt/, /hQt/
• a US , /hɑt/, /hAt/

• Rhymes: -ɒt

Adjective

1. In the context of "comparable": Of an object, having a high temperature.
2. In the context of "comparable": Of the weather, causing the air to be hot.
3. In the context of "comparable": Of a person or animal, feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.
4. In the context of "comparable}} Feverish.

Hot or HOT may refer to:

• High temperature
• Lust, which in a more sublime phrase could be called Physical attractiveness
• Jargon used to describe radioactivity or more generally, it can refer to any area that threatens life
• Amphoe Hot, a district of Chiang Mai province, Thailand
• Hot, an Israeli cable company
• High-occupancy toll, a toll enacted on single-occupant vehicles who wish to use lanes designated for the use of high-occupancy vehicles
• High-output turbo
• Highly optimized tolerance, a general framework for studying complexity
• Euromissile HOT, an anti-tank missile system developed by Euromissile
• HOT-2, HOT-7, and HOT-17, a series of psychedelic phenethylamines
• Street slang for stolen goods
• A Cantonese food classification (heat)

In lottery:

• Hot Lotto, a multi-state lottery jackpot game in the United States
• Hot Lotto, a former Idaho Lottery game unrelated to the current Hot Lotto
• Hot Five, a former D.C. Lottery game

In music:

• Hot, a 1996 album by the Squirrel Nut Zippers
• H.O.T. (High-Five of Teenagers), a Korean pop group
• Hawaii Opera Theatre, an opera theatre in Hawaii
• Hot (band), a 1970s pop music group whose best-known song is "Angel In Your Arms"
• "Hot", a song by Avril Lavigne from her 2007 album The Best Damn Thing
• Hot FM, an Australian radio network.

See also

• heat
• Hot zone
• Hotspot
• Hot Box

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