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hot

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English

Alternative forms

  • (physically attractive): hawt (slang, especially Internet), hott (slang, especially Internet)

Etymology

From Middle English hot, hat, from Old English hāt, from Proto-Germanic *haitaz (hot), from Proto-Indo-European *kay- (hot; to heat). Cognate with Scots hate, hait (hot), North Frisian hiet (hot), Saterland Frisian heet (hot), West Frisian hjit (hot), Dutch heet (hot), Low German het (hot), German Low German heet (hot), German heiß (hot), Danish hed (hot), Swedish het (hot), Icelandic heitur (hot).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hŏt, IPA(key): /hɒt/
  • (General American) enPR: hät, IPA(key): /hɑt/
  • Rhymes: -ɒt
  • Homophone: haught (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Adjective

hot (comparative hotter, superlative hottest)

  1. Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.
    1. (of an object) Having or giving off a high temperature.
    2. (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.
    3. Feverish.
  2. Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).
    1. (US, not comparable) Electrically charged.
    2. (informal) Radioactive. [from the 20thc.]
  3. (figurative) Relating to excited emotions.
    1. (of a temper) Easily provoked to anger.
    2. (colloquial, of a person) Very physically and/or sexually attractive.
    3. (colloquial) Sexual or sexy; involving sexual intercourse or sexual excitement.
    4. (slang) Sexually aroused; randy.
    5. (slang, with for) Extremely attracted to.
  4. Relating to popularity, quality, or the state of being interesting.
    1. (informal) Very good, remarkable, exciting. [from the 19thc.]
    2. Popular; in demand.
    3. Of great current interest; provoking current debate or controversy.
      a hot topic
    4. Performing strongly; having repeated successes.
      • 1938, Harold M. Sherman, "Shooting Stars," Boys' Life (March 1938), Published by Boy Scouts of America, p.5:
        "Keep going! You're hot tonight!" urged Wally.
    5. Fresh; just released.
  5. Relating to danger or risk.
    1. Uncomfortable, difficult to deal with; awkward, dangerous, unpleasant.
    2. (slang) Characterized by police presence or activity.
    3. (slang) Stolen. [from the 20thc.]
    4. (slang, of a draft/check) Not covered by funds on account.
  6. Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed.
  7. (of food) Spicy, pungent, piquant, as some chilis and other spices are.
  8. (of an electric musical instrument) Loud, producing a strong electric signal for the amplifier.
  9. (slang) Used to emphasize the short duration or small quantity of something
  10. (slang, of a vehicle or aircraft) Extremely fast or with great speed.

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:hot.

Synonyms

  • (having a high temperature): heated; see also Thesaurus:hot
  • (of the weather): baking, boiling, boiling hot, sultry, sweltering
  • (feeling the sensation of heat): baking, boiling, boiling hot
  • (feverish): feverish, having a temperature
  • (spicy): piquant, spicy, tangy
  • (slang: stolen): stolen
  • (electrically charged): live
  • (radioactive): radioactive
  • (slang: physically or sexually attractive): attractive, beautiful, cute, fit, foxy, gorgeous, handsome, hunky, lush, pretty, sexy, studly, tasty, yummy
  • (of a draft/check): rubber, bad

Antonyms

  • (having a high temperature): chilled, chilly, cold, cold as ice, freezing, freezing cold, frigid, glacial, ice-cold, icy
  • (of the weather): cold, freezing, freezing cold, icy
  • (feeling the sensation of heat): freezing, freezing cold
  • (spicy): bland, mild
  • (electrically charged): neutral, dead
  • (slang): lifeless

Derived terms

Translations

References

Adverb

hot (comparative hotter, superlative hottest)

  1. Hotly, at a high temperature.
  2. Rapidly, quickly.
  3. (especially in the phrase "come in hot", "go in hot") While shooting, while firing one's weapon(s).

Verb

hot (third-person singular simple present hots, present participle hotting, simple past and past participle hotted)

  1. (with up) To heat; to make or become hot.
  2. (with up) To become lively or exciting.

Synonyms

  • hot up; heat, heat up

Anagrams

  • -oth, OTH, o'th', oth, tho, tho', thô

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦɔt/
  • Hyphenation: hot
  • Rhymes: -ɔt

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Adjective

hot (comparative hoter, superlative hotst)

  1. (nautical) right, on the right side
    Synonym: rechts
Derived terms
  • van hot naar her
See also
  • stuurboord

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English hot.

Adjective

hot (comparative hotter, superlative hotst)

  1. (informal) hot, popular
  2. (informal) hot, sexy, attractive
Inflection

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

hot

  1. heated
  2. interesting

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian хоть (xotʹ).

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈhot/, [ˈho̞d]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈhot/, [ˈho̞d̥]
  • Rhymes: -ot
  • Hyphenation: hot

Particle

hot

  1. for example

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 64

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • hote, hoot, hoote, hoth, whote
  • hate, hatte (northern)

Etymology

From Old English hāt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɔːt/, /hɔt/

Adjective

hot

  1. hot

Noun

hot (uncountable)

  1. hotness

Descendants

  • English: hot
  • Geordie English: het
  • Scots: hat, hait, hate
  • Yola: hoat, hote, hoate

References

  • “hō̆t, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  • “hō̆t, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /xɔt/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /xɔt/

Preposition

hot

  1. Alternative form of od

Pennsylvania German

Verb

hot

  1. third-person singular present indicative of hawwe

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

English hot

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hoːt/

Adjective

hot

  1. (informal) erotic
  2. (informal) popular

References

Prćić, T. (2021). Srpski rečnik novijih anglicizama, Filozofski fakultet, page 261

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxot/ [ˈxot̪]
  • Rhymes: -ot

Adjective

hot m or f (masculine and feminine plural hot or hots)

  1. hot; sexy

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish hōt n, from Old Norse hót n pl, from Proto-Germanic *hwōtō (threat), cognate with Gothic 𐍈𐍉𐍄𐌰 f (ƕōta). Related to *hwētaną (to attack, stab).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /huːt/

Noun

hot n

  1. a threat

Declension

Related terms

  • bombhot
  • hota
  • hotbild
  • hotbrev
  • hotfull
  • hotande
  • mordhot
  • terrorhot

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