hot
Meaning
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- Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.
- Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.
- Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.
- Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).
- (informal) Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).
- Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).
- Relating to excited emotions.
- (colloquial) Relating to excited emotions.
- (colloquial) Relating to excited emotions.
- (slang) Relating to excited emotions.
- (slang) Relating to excited emotions.
- (informal) Relating to popularity, quality, or the state of being interesting.
- Relating to popularity, quality, or the state of being interesting.
- Relating to popularity, quality, or the state of being interesting.
- Relating to popularity, quality, or the state of being interesting.
- Relating to popularity, quality, or the state of being interesting.
- Relating to danger or risk.
- (slang) Relating to danger or risk.
- (slang) Relating to danger or risk.
- (slang) Relating to danger or risk.
- Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed.
- Spicy, pungent, piquant, as some chilis and other spices are.
- Loud, producing a strong electric signal for the amplifier or other sound equipment.
- (slang) Used to emphasize the short duration or small quantity of something
- (slang) Extremely fast or with great speed.
Synonyms
very warm
become hot
very hot
close at hand
feel hot
make hot
not cold
most popular
poignant
steaming hot
thermo
unwieldy
adequate to
have a fever
not sweet
of the sun
shine brightly
burning the tongue
becoming tense
be sultry
febris
very close
fast-breaking
causing perspiration
not cool
sharp-tasting
taken with
yearned-for
following very closely
in close pursuit
sultry,
fire-9y
of the moment
pepper-hot
highly seasoned
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/hɒt/
Etymology
From Middle English hot, hat, from Old English hāt, from Proto-Germanic *haitaz (“hot”), from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- (“hot; to heat”). Cognate with Scots hate, hait (“hot”), North Frisian hiet (“hot”), Saterland Frisian heet (“hot”), West Frisian hjit (“hot”).
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