'In hot water' definitions:
Definition of 'In hot water'
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]