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–adjective

1.	having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.

2.	having or causing a sensation of great bodily heat; attended with or producing such a sensation: He was hot with fever.

3.	creating a burning sensation, as on the skin or in the throat: This ointment is hot, so apply it sparingly.

4.	sharply peppery or pungent: Is this mustard hot?

5.	having or showing intense or violent feeling; ardent; fervent; vehement; excited: a hot temper.

6.	Informal. having a strong enthusiasm; eager: a hot baseball fan.

Slang.

a.	sexually aroused; lustful.

b.	sexy; attractive.

8.	violent, furious, or intense: the hottest battle of the war.

9.	strong or fresh, as a scent or trail.

10.	absolutely new; fresh: a dozen new mystery stories hot from the press.

11.	requiring immediate delivery or correspondence; demanding priority: The hot freight must be delivered by 10:00 a.m. tomorrow, or we'll lose the contract.

12.	Slang. skillful in a reckless or daring way: a hot pilot.

13.	following very closely; close: to be hot on the trail of a thief.

14.	(of colors) extremely intense: hot pink.

15.	Informal. popular and commercially successful; in demand; marketable: The Beatles were a hot group in the 1960s.

16.	Slang. extremely lucky, good, or favorable: A poker player has to have a hot hand to win the pot.

17.	Slang. (in sports and games) playing well or winningly; scoring effectively: a hot pitcher.

18.	Slang. funny; absurd: That's a hot one!

19.	Games. close to the object or answer that is being sought.

20.	Informal. extremely exciting or interesting; sensational or scandalous: a hot news story.

21.

Jazz.

a.	(of music) emotionally intense, propulsive, and marked by aggressive attack and warm, full tone.

b.	(of a musician) skilled in playing hot jazz.

22.	Informal. (of a vehicle) capable of attaining extremely high speeds: a hot new jet plane.

23.

Slang.

a.	stolen recently or otherwise illegal and dangerous to possess: a hot diamond necklace.

b.	wanted by the police.

c.	dangerous.

24.	Informal. in the mood to perform exceedingly well, or rapidly, as during a burst of creative work: Finish writing that story while you're still hot.

25.	actively conducting an electric current or containing a high voltage: a hot wire.

26.	of, pertaining to, or noting radioactivity.

27.	Metalworking. noting any process involving plastic deformation of a metal at a temperature high enough to permit recrystallization due to the strain: hot working.

–adverb

28.	in a hot manner; hotly.

29.	while hot: Garnish the potatoes with parsley and serve hot.

30.	Metalworking. at a temperature high enough to permit recrystallization: The wire was drawn hot.

–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

31.	Chiefly British Informal. to heat; warm (usually fol. by up).

–noun

32.	the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.

—Idioms

33.	get hot, Slang. (in sports and games) to become very effective or successful; score or win repeatedly or easily.

34.	hot and bothered, Informal. excited, aroused, or flustered: This mistake isn't worth getting hot and bothered about. Also, all hot and bothered.

35.	hot and heavy, Informal. in an intense, vehement, or passionate manner: They argued hot and heavy for 20 minutes.

36.	hot under the collar. collar (def. 23).

37.	make it hot for, Informal. to make something unpleasant for; cause trouble for: Ever since their argument the principal has been making it hot for the new teacher.

[Origin: bef. 1000; 1920–25 for def. 23; ME ho(o)t, OE hāt; c. D heet, ON heitr, Sw het, Dan hed, G heiss

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—Related forms

hotly, adverb

hotness, noun

—Synonyms 1. heated; fiery, burning, scorching; scalding, boiling; torrid, sultry. 4. biting, piquant, sharp, spicy. 5. fervid; fiery, passionate, intense, excitable, impetuous; angry, furious, irate, violent.

—Antonyms 1. cold.

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hot up
verb
1.	gain heat or get hot; "The room heated up quickly" [syn: heat] [ant: chill]
2.	make more intense; "Emotions were screwed up" [syn: heat up]
3.	make more powerful; "he souped up the old cars" [syn: soup up]

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