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Definition of Hot

1. Adjective. 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. "A hot forehead"

2. Adjective. Characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense. "The river became a raging torrent"

3. Adjective. Extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm. "A hot argument"

4. Adjective. (color) bold and intense. "Hot pink"

5. Adjective. Sexually excited or exciting. "Hot pants"

6. Adjective. Recently stolen or smuggled. "A hot car"

7. Adjective. Very fast; capable of quick response and great speed. "A red-hot line drive"

8. Adjective. Wanted by the police. "A hot suspect"

9. Adjective. Producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves. "Jalapeno peppers are very hot"

10. Adjective. Performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy. "He's hot tonight"

11. Adjective. Very popular or successful. "Cabbage patch dolls were hot last season"

12. Adjective. Very unpleasant or even dangerous. "In hot water"

13. Adjective. Newest or most recent. "Red-hot information"

14. Adjective. Having or bringing unusually good luck. "The dice are hot tonight"

15. Adjective. Very good; often used in the negative. "He's hot at math but not so hot at history"

16. Adjective. Newly made. "A hot scent"

17. Adjective. Having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm. "Hot for travel"

18. Adjective. Of a seeker; very near to the object sought. "You are hot"

19. Adjective. Having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity. "A hot laboratory"

20. Adjective. Charged or energized with electricity. "A live wire"

21. Adjective. Marked by excited activity. "A hot week on the stock market"

Definition of Hot

1. a. Having much sensible heat; exciting the feeling of warmth in a great degree; very warm; -- opposed to cold, and exceeding warm in degree; as, a hot stove; hot water or air.

Definition of Hot

1. Acronym. Hybrid orientation technique ¹

2. Acronym. High-output turbo ¹

3. Adjective. Of an object, having a high temperature. ¹

4. Adjective. Of the weather, causing the air to be hot. ¹

5. Adjective. Of a person or animal, feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort. ¹

6. Adjective. Feverish. ¹

7. Adjective. Of food, spicy. ¹

8. Adjective. (informal) Very good, remarkable, exciting. (defdate from the 19th c.) ¹

9. Adjective. Stolen. (defdate from the 20th c.) ¹

10. Adjective. (context: incomparable) Electrically charged ¹

11. Adjective. (informal) Radioactive. (defdate from the 20th c.) ¹

12. Adjective. (slang) Of a person, very physically or sexually attractive. ¹

13. Adjective. (slang) Sexual; involving sexual intercourse or sexual excitement. ¹

14. Adjective. Popular; in demand. ¹

15. Adjective. Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed. ¹

16. Adjective. Performing strongly; having repeated successes ¹

17. Adjective. Fresh; just released ¹

18. Adjective. Uncomfortable, difficult to deal with; awkward, dangerous, unpleasant. ¹

19. Adjective. Compromising ¹

20. Verb. To heat, or to become hot ¹

21. Verb. To become lively or exciting ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hot

1. having a high temperature [adj HOTTER, HOTTEST] / to heat [v HOTTED, HOTTING, HOTS] - See also: heat

Medical Definition of Hot

1. 1. Having much sensible heat; exciting the feeling of warmth in a great degree; very warm; opposed to cold, and exceeding warm in degree; as, a hot stove; hot water or air. "A hotvenison pasty." 2. Characterised by heat, ardor, or animation; easily excited; firely; vehement; passionate; violent; eager. "Achilles is impatient, hot, and revengeful." (Dryden) "There was mouthing in hot haste." (Byron) 3. Lustful; lewd; lecherous. 4. Acrid; biting; pungent; as, hot as mustard. Hot bed, an iron platform in a rolling mill, on which hot bars, rails, etc, are laid to cool. Hot wall, a receptacle for the hot water drawn from the condenser by the air pump. This water is returned to the boiler, being drawn from the hot well by the feed pump. In hot water (Fig), in trouble; in difficulties. Synonym: Burning, fiery, fervid, glowing, eager, animated, brisk, vehement, precipitate, violent, furious, ardent, fervent, impetuous, irascible, passionate, hasty, excitable. Origin: OE. Hot, hat, AS. Hat; akin to OS. Het, D. Heet, OHG. Heiz, G. Heiss, Icel. Heitr, Sw. Het, Dan. Heed, hed; cf. Goth. Heito fever, hais torch. Cf. Heat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hot

hostler hostlers hostless hostly hostmask hostmasks hostmaster hostmasters hostname hostnames

hostries hostry hostryinge hosts hostship hot-air balloon hot-air balloons hot-and-hot hot-beef injection hot-beef injections

hot-blooded hot-brain hot-brained hot-brains hot-chocolate hot-desk hot-dip hot-dipped

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