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US
/ˈhɑt/
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[ UK /hˈɒt/ ]
[ UK /hˈɒt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity
hot fuel rods
a hot laboratory -
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
a hot forehead
a hot stuffy room
hot stove
hot water
a hot August day
she's hot and tired -
producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves
I like my chili extra spicy
hot salsa
jalapeno peppers are very hot
a spicy sauce -
recently stolen or smuggled
hot merchandise
a hot car -
very unpleasant or even dangerous
in hot water
in the hot seat
make it hot for him -
sexually excited or exciting
hot pants
was hot for her -
very good; often used in the negative
he's hot at math but not so hot at history -
extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm
a hot new book
a hot topic
a hot argument
a hot temper
a hot love affair -
newest or most recent
news hot off the press
red-hot information -
wanted by the police
a hot suspect -
newly made
a hot scent -
very popular or successful
one of the hot young talents
cabbage patch dolls were hot last season -
having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm
hot for travel -
performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy
he's hot tonight
a hot drummer -
characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense
a hot engagement
a raging battle
the fighting became hot and heavy
the river became a raging torrent -
having or bringing unusually good luck
the dice are hot tonight
hot at craps -
(color) bold and intense
hot pink -
charged or energized with electricity
a hot wire
a live wire -
of a seeker; very near to the object sought
you are hot -
marked by excited activity
a hot week on the stock market -
very fast; capable of quick response and great speed
a red-hot line drive
a hot sports car
a blistering pace
in hot pursuit
got off to a hot start
How To Use hot In A Sentence
- When we see her, we remember that hot July day doing five knots pulling Jess and Jerry on a tube and Russ skippering his first yacht.
- But at lunch on the first day we were approached by the helpful Hotel Manager Henri and offered a swap to an overwater bungalow.
- The protests were going on about 1 kilometers away in the main street and some of the protesting crowd were running from tear gass used among them, towards Salehi St. The film is shot by my friend who was standing beside me. Iran Election Live-Blogging (Saturday June 20 Part II)
- The recoil from the shot blew James onto his back, unconscious once again.
- Sony Pictures Animation has a full slate of films including the mouth-watering 3D comedy Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, which opened as the #1 movie in North America on September 18, Hotel Transylvania, now in pre-production and, in association with Columbia Pictures, The Smurfs, now in production. Anton Yelchin and Fred Armisen Join The Smurfs | /Film
- The screen is a bit of overkill because the audience is not that far from the center of action on the hot shop floor.
- The dozen pictures she had shot during a recent bath time -- including a few of Nora rinsing with a handheld shower sprayer -- were, for Cynthia, simply part of the vast photographic record she was keeping of her family's life. Lynn Powell: Pornographer or Soccer Mom?
- It also has superb golf courses, so if you're a bit of a golf widow, leave him to tussle in the bunker while you slink off to the spa - it's connected to the hotel by a subterranean tunnel.
- an uncomfortable day in the hot sun
- The authors concluded that creativity and psychotic symptomatology do indeed reflect equivalent forms of cognitive processing.