[hot] 
adjective, hot⋅ter, hot⋅test, adverb, verb, hot⋅ted, hot⋅ting, noun | 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. |
| 7. | Slang.
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| 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.
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| 22. | Informal. (of a vehicle) capable of attaining extremely high speeds: a hot new jet plane. |
| 23. | Slang.
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| 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. |
| 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. |
| 31. | Chiefly British Informal. to heat; warm (usually fol. by up). |
| 32. | the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction. |
| 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. |
| hot (hŏt) adj. hot·ter, hot·test
Slang Strong sexual attraction or desire. Used with the. adv.
Informal To cause to increase in intensity or excitement. Often used with up: "His book is an exercise in the fashionable art of instant history, in which every episode is hotted up with an anecdote" (Harper's). [Middle English, from Old English hāt; see kai- in Indo-European roots.] hot'ness n. |
hot and heavy
Very enthusiastic and excited, as in That was a hot and heavy debate. This slangy expression employs hot in the sense of "characterized by intense feeling," a usage dating from the tenth century a.d., and heavy in the sense of "serious."
Passionate, lustful, as in They were awfully young to be so hot and heavy about their romance. This slangy term employs hot in the sense of "sexually aroused," a usage dating from about 1500.