hot
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English hot, hat, from Old English hāt (“hot, fervent, fervid, fierce”), from Proto-Germanic *haitaz (“hot”), from Proto-Indo-European *kay- (“hot; to heat”). Cognate with Scots hate, hait (“hot”), North Frisian hiet (“hot”), Saterland Frisian heet (“hot”), West Frisian hjit (“hot”), Dutch heet (“hot”), Low German het (“hot”), German Low German heet (“hot”), German heiß (“hot”), Danish hed (“hot”), Swedish het (“hot”), Icelandic heitur (“hot”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hŏt, IPA(key): /hɒt/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒt
- (General American) enPR: hät, IPA(key): /hɑt/
Audio (US) (file)
AdjectiveEdit
hot (comparative hotter, superlative hottest)
- (of an object) Having a high temperature.
- He forgot that the frying pan was hot and burned his hand.
- 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN:
- 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.
- It is too hot to be outside.
- It is hotter in summer than in winter.
- (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.
- I was so hot from being in the sun too long.
- Aren't you hot with that thick coat on?
- (of a temper) Easily provoked to anger.
- Be careful, he has a hot temper and may take it out on you.
- Feverish.
- (of food) Spicy.
- Before moving to India, I never ate hot food. The Indians love spicy food.
- (informal) Very good, remarkable, exciting. [from the 19thc.]
- He's a hot young player, we should give him a trial.
- Stolen. [from the 20thc.]
- hot merchandise
- (not comparable) Electrically charged.
- a hot wire
- 2004, Phillip Moore, Sealed for a Purpose, page 213:
- The microphone was hot and the show was on the air.
- (informal) Radioactive. [from the 20thc.]
- (slang, of a person) Very physically and/or sexually attractive.
- That stripper is hot!
- (slang) Sexual or sexy; involving sexual intercourse or sexual excitement.
- (slang) Sexually aroused; randy.
- Enough foreplay! You’ve gotten me so hot already!
- (slang, with for) Attracted to.
- hot for her English teacher
- Popular; in demand.
- This new pickup is so hot we can't keep it in stock!
- Of great current interest; provoking current debate or controversy.
- a hot topic
- Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed.
- Am I warm yet? — You're hot!
- 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.
- 1938, Harold M. Sherman, "Shooting Stars," Boys' Life (March 1938), Published by Boy Scouts of America, p.5:
- 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.
- 1960, Super Markets of the Sixties: Findings, recommendations.- v.2. The plans and sketches, Super Market Institute, p.30:
- Uncomfortable, difficult to deal with; awkward, dangerous, unpleasant.
- 1938, Daphne de Maurier, Rebecca:
- The car sped along. She kept her foot permanently on the accelerator, and took every corner at an acute angle. Two motorists we passed looked out of their windows outraged as she swept by, and one pedestrian in a lane waved his stick at her. I felt rather hot for her. She did not seem to notice though. I crouched lower in my seat.
- 1997, David Wojnarowicz; Amy Scholder, The Waterfront Journals:
- I've been living here a few weeks and it's starting to get a little hot for me … I've written myself out of several states in the last six years.
- 1999, Sam Llewellyn, The shadow in the sands, page 68:
- The police are looking for an anarchist who answers my description, seen leaving the house the day before the fire; there was an explosion […] So what with one thing and another, His Grace thinks the country a little hot for me now
- 2004, Meredith Blevins, The Hummingbird Wizard:
- "Things are a little hot for us in San Francisco. We'll burn the vardo at Drake's Bay and then head to your place." "Things are hot, so you're heading to my place?" "Hot's not a big deal. Just a matter of jurisdiction and time.
- 2008, Charlaine Harris; Toni L. P. Kelner, Wolfsbane and Mistletoe, page 287:
- I'd also thought things might have gotten a little hot for him in Atlantic City, so he'd moved West to its bigger, badder cousin, where he wasn't as well known
- (slang) Used to emphasize the short duration or small quantity of something
- He was finished in a hot minute.
- I dated him for a hot second.
- (slang) Characterized by police presence or activity.
- I wouldn't speed through here if I was you. This area is hot this time of night.
- (slang, of a draft/check) Not covered by funds on account.
- I wouldn't trust him. He gave me a hot check last week.
QuotationsEdit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:hot.
SynonymsEdit
- (having a high temperature): heated; see also Thesaurus:hot
- (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
- (slang: stolen): stolen
- (electrically charged): live
- (radioactive): radioactive
- (slang: physically or sexually attractive): attractive, beautiful, cute, fit, foxy, gorgeous, handsome, hunky, lush, pretty, sexy, studly, tasty, yummy
- (of a draft/check): rubber, bad
AntonymsEdit
- (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 termsEdit
- a bit hot
- as hot as hell, hot as hell
- blow hot and cold
- boiling hot
- 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
- hissing hot
- hot air
- hot and bothered
- hot-and-hot
- hot bed
- hot beef
- hot blast
- hot-blooded
- hot bottle
- hot box, hotbox
- 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 curler
- 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-rodder, hotrodder
- hot rod, hotrod
- hot-saw
- hot seat
- hot set
- hot shift
- hot shoe
- hot-short
- hotshot
- hot-skull
- hot-spirited
- hot spot
- hot spring
- Hot Spring County
- Hot Springs
- Hot Springs County
- hotspur
- hot squat
- hot-stopping
- hot-stove
- hot stuff
- Hot Sulphur Springs
- hot-swap
- hot tap
- hot tear
- hot tearing
- hot-tempered
- hotten
- hotter
- hotter than a pistol
- 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
- piping hot
- run hot
- smoking hot
- too hot for
- too hot to hold
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VerbEdit
hot (third-person singular simple present hots, present participle hotting, simple past and past participle hotted)
- (with up) To heat; to make or become hot.
- (with up) To become lively or exciting.
- 2018 "Clean Slate", Wentworth
- Turf war's hotting up.
- 2018 "Clean Slate", Wentworth
SynonymsEdit
AnagramsEdit
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Unknown.
AdjectiveEdit
hot (comparative hoter, superlative hotst)
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
AdjectiveEdit
hot (comparative hotter, superlative hotst)
InflectionEdit
Inflection of hot | ||||
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uninflected | hot | |||
inflected | hotte | |||
comparative | hotter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | hot | hotter | het hotst het hotste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | hotte | hottere | hotste |
n. sing. | hot | hotter | hotste | |
plural | hotte | hottere | hotste | |
definite | hotte | hottere | hotste | |
partitive | hots | hotters | — |
IngrianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Russian хоть (xotʹ).
PronunciationEdit
ConjunctionEdit
hot
ParticleEdit
hot
- Used to make a pronoun, adverb or determiner indefinite
- hot ken ― anyone, whoever
- hot kuka ― any, whichever
ReferencesEdit
- Vitalij Chernyavskij (2005) Ižoran keel (Ittseopastaja)[2]
Pennsylvania GermanEdit
VerbEdit
hot
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
hot (plural hot or hots)
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Swedish hōt n, from Old Norse hót n pl, from Proto-Germanic *hwōtō (“threat”), cognate with Gothic 𐍈𐍉𐍄𐌰 f (ƕōta). Related to *hwētaną (“to attack, stab”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hot n
- a threat
DeclensionEdit
Declension of hot | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | hot | hotet | hot | hoten |
Genitive | hots | hotets | hots | hotens |
Related termsEdit
WestrobothnianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Compare Icelandic hót, contraction of Old Norse hvat.
NounEdit
hot m
Etymology 2Edit
Ablaut of Icelandic hvata (“to sting, jab,”) dialectal Norwegian hvæta (“to jab,”) and related to gwätt, wäti.
NounEdit
hot n (nominative & accusative definite singular hote)