'HOT' definitions:

Definition of 'hot'

From: WordNet
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; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead" [ant: cold]
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Characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense; "the fighting became hot and heavy"; "a hot engagement"; "a raging battle"; "the river became a raging torrent" [syn: hot, raging]
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Extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm; "a hot temper"; "a hot topic"; "a hot new book"; "a hot love affair"; "a hot argument" [ant: cold]
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(color) bold and intense; "hot pink"
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Sexually excited or exciting; "was hot for her"; "hot pants"
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Recently stolen or smuggled; "hot merchandise"; "a hot car"
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Very fast; capable of quick response and great speed; "a hot sports car"; "a blistering pace"; "got off to a hot start"; "in hot pursuit"; "a red-hot line drive" [syn: blistering, hot, red-hot]
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Wanted by the police; "a hot suspect"
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Producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves; "hot salsa"; "jalapeno peppers are very hot" [syn: hot, spicy]
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Performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy; "a hot drummer"; "he's hot tonight"
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Very popular or successful; "one of the hot young talents"; "cabbage patch dolls were hot last season"
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Very unpleasant or even dangerous; "make it hot for him"; "in the hot seat"; "in hot water"
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Newest or most recent; "news hot off the press"; "red-hot information" [syn: hot, red-hot]
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Having or bringing unusually good luck; "hot at craps"; "the dice are hot tonight"
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Very good; often used in the negative; "he's hot at math but not so hot at history"
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Newly made; "a hot scent"
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Having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm; "hot for travel"
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Of a seeker; very near to the object sought; "you are hot"
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Having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity; "hot fuel rods"; "a hot laboratory"
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Charged or energized with electricity; "a hot wire"; "a live wire" [syn: hot, live]
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Marked by excited activity; "a hot week on the stock market"

Definition of 'Hot'

From: GCIDE
  • Hight \Hight\, v. t. & i. [imp. Hight, Hot, p. p. Hight, Hote (?), Hoten (?). See Hote.] [OE. heiten, highten, haten, hoten; also hight, hatte, hette, is called, was called, AS. h[=a]tan to call, name, be called, to command, promise; also h[=a]tte is called, was called; akin to G. heissen to call, be called, bid, Goth. haitan to call, in the passive, to be called.]
  • 1. To be called or named. [Archaic & Poetic.] [1913 Webster]
  • Note: In the form hight, it is used in a passive sense as a present, meaning is called or named, also as a preterite, was called or named. This form has also been used as a past participle. See Hote. [1913 Webster]
  • The great poet of Italy, That highte Dante. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Bright was her hue, and Geraldine she hight. --Surrey. [1913 Webster]
  • Entered then into the church the Reverend Teacher. Father he hight, and he was, in the parish. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
  • Childe Harold was he hight. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To command; to direct; to impel. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • But the sad steel seized not where it was hight Upon the child, but somewhat short did fall. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To commit; to intrust. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Yet charge of them was to a porter hight. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To promise. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • He had hold his day, as he had hight. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Hot'

From: GCIDE
  • Hot \Hot\, imp. & p. p. of Hote. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Hot'

From: GCIDE
  • Hot \Hot\, a. [Compar. Hotter; superl. Hottest.] [OE. hot, hat, AS. h[=a]t; akin to OS. h[=e]t, D. heet, OHG. heiz, G. heiss, Icel. heitr, Sw. het, Dan. heed, hed; cf. Goth. heit[=o] fever, hais torch. Cf. Heat.]
  • 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." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Characterized by heat, ardor, or animation; easily excited; firely; vehement; passionate; violent; eager. [1913 Webster]
  • Achilles is impatient, hot, and revengeful. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • There was mouthing in hot haste. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Lustful; lewd; lecherous. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Acrid; biting; pungent; as, hot as mustard. [1913 Webster]
  • Hot bed (Iron Manuf.), an iron platform in a rolling mill, on which hot bars, rails, etc., are laid to cool.
  • Hot wall (Gardening), a wall provided with flues for the conducting of heat, to hasten the growth of fruit trees or the ripening of fruit.
  • Hot well (Condensing Engines), 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. [Colloq.]
  • Syn: Burning; fiery; fervid; glowing; eager; animated; brisk; vehement; precipitate; violent; furious; ardent; fervent; impetuous; irascible; passionate; hasty; excitable. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Hot'

From: GCIDE
  • Hote \Hote\, v. t. & i. [pres. & imp. Hatte, Hot, etc.; p. p. Hote, Hoten, Hot, etc. See Hight, Hete.]
  • 1. To command; to enjoin. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To promise. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To be called; to be named. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • There as I was wont to hote Arcite, Now hight I Philostrate, not worth a mite. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Hot'

From: GCIDE
  • Hote \Hote\, v. t. & i. [pres. & imp. Hatte, Hot, etc.; p. p. Hote, Hoten, Hot, etc. See Hight, Hete.]
  • 1. To command; to enjoin. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To promise. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To be called; to be named. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • There as I was wont to hote Arcite, Now hight I Philostrate, not worth a mite. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'hot'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Acronyms for 'HOT'

From: V.E.R.A.
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Words containing 'HOT'