English Online Dictionary. What means hot? What does hot mean?
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)
- Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.
- (of an object) Having or giving off a high temperature.
- (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.
- Feverish.
- (of an object) Having or giving off a high temperature.
- Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).
- (US, not comparable) Electrically charged.
- (informal) Radioactive. [from the 20thc.]
- (figurative) Relating to excited emotions.
- (of a temper) Easily provoked to anger.
- (colloquial, of a person) Very physically and/or sexually attractive.
- (colloquial) Sexual or sexy; involving sexual intercourse or sexual excitement.
- (slang) Sexually aroused; randy.
- (slang, with for) Extremely attracted to.
- (of a temper) Easily provoked to anger.
- Relating to popularity, quality, or the state of being interesting.
- (informal) Very good, remarkable, exciting. [from the 19thc.]
- Popular; in demand.
- Of great current interest; provoking current debate or controversy.
- a hot topic
- 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.
- 1938, Harold M. Sherman, "Shooting Stars," Boys' Life (March 1938), Published by Boy Scouts of America, p.5:
- Fresh; just released.
- (informal) Very good, remarkable, exciting. [from the 19thc.]
- Relating to danger or risk.
- Uncomfortable, difficult to deal with; awkward, dangerous, unpleasant.
- (slang) Characterized by police presence or activity.
- (slang) Stolen. [from the 20thc.]
- (slang, of a draft/check) Not covered by funds on account.
- Uncomfortable, difficult to deal with; awkward, dangerous, unpleasant.
- Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed.
- (of food) Spicy, pungent, piquant, as some chilis and other spices are.
- (of an electric musical instrument) Loud, producing a strong electric signal for the amplifier.
- (slang) Used to emphasize the short duration or small quantity of something
- (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)
- Hotly, at a high temperature.
- Rapidly, quickly.
- (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)
- (with up) To heat; to make or become hot.
- (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)
- (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)
- (informal) hot, popular
- (informal) hot, sexy, attractive
Inflection
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
hot
- heated
- 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
- 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
- hot
Noun
hot (uncountable)
- 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
- Alternative form of od
Pennsylvania German
Verb
hot
- third-person singular present indicative of hawwe
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
English hot
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hoːt/
Adjective
hot
- (informal) erotic
- (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)
- 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
- a threat
Declension
Related terms
- bombhot
- hota
- hotbild
- hotbrev
- hotfull
- hotande
- mordhot
- terrorhot