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Audio Help [hot] Pronunciation Key adjective, hot·ter, hot·test, adverb, verb, hot·ted, hot·ting, noun
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Audio Help [hot] Pronunciation Key adjective, hot·ter, hot·test, adverb, verb, hot·ted, hot·ting, noun –adjective
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
–noun
—Idioms
| 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. |
[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]
] —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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adv. In an intense or fiery way: a hotly contested will. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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| in a heated manner; "'To say I am behind the strike is so much nonsense,' declared Mr Harvey heatedly"; "the children were arguing hotly" [syn: heatedly] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
ˈhotly1 adverb
eagerly; quickly
Example: The thieves were hotly pursued by the police.
ˈhotly2 adverbExample: The thieves were hotly pursued by the police.
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angrily; passionately
Example: The accusations were hotly denied.
See also: be in, get into hot water, hot-plate, hotfoot, hothead, hothouse, hot-blooded, hotheaded, hot, hot air, hot dog, hot up, in hot pursuit, like hot cakesExample: The accusations were hotly denied.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Hotly
Hot"ly\, adv. [From Hot, a.]1. In a hot or fiery manner; ardently; vehemently; violently; hastily; as, a hotly pursued. 2. In a lustful manner; lustfully. --Dryden.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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