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hotting
hot H0290000 (hŏt)adj. hot·ter, hot·test 1. a. Having or giving off heat; capable of burning.b. Being at a high temperature.2. Being at or exhibiting a temperature that is higher than normal or desirable: a hot forehead.3. Causing a burning sensation, as in the mouth; spicy: hot peppers; a hot curry.4. a. Charged or energized with electricity: a hot wire.b. Radioactive or designed to use radioactive materials.5. a. Marked by intensity of emotion; ardent or fiery: a hot temper.b. Having or displaying great enthusiasm; eager: hot for travel.6. a. Informal Arousing intense interest, excitement, or controversy: a hot new book; a hot topic.b. Informal Marked by excited activity or energy: a hot week on the stock market.c. Violent; raging: a hot battle.7. Slang a. Sexually attractive.b. Sexually attracted; full of desire: In this week's show, the surgeon is really hot for the new intern.c. Sexually aroused.8. Slang a. Recently stolen: a hot car.b. Wanted by the police: a hot suspect.9. Close to a successful solution or conclusion: hot on the trail.10. Informal a. Most recent; new or fresh: a hot news item; the hot fashions for fall.b. Currently very popular or successful: one of the hottest young talents around.c. Requiring immediate action or attention: a hot opportunity.11. Slang Very good or impressive. Often used in the negative: I'm not so hot at math.12. Slang Funny or absurd: told a hot one about the neighbors' dog.13. Slang a. Performing with great skill and daring: a hot drummer.b. Having or characterized by repeated successes: a player who is on a hot streak.c. Fast and responsive: a hot sports car.d. Unusually lucky: hot at craps.14. Music Of, relating to, or being an emotionally charged style of performance marked by strong rhythms and improvisation: hot jazz.15. Bold and bright.adv.1. In a hot manner; hotly.2. While hot: foods that are best eaten hot.tr.v. hot·ted, hot·ting, hots Informal To cause to increase in intensity or excitement. Often used with up: "His book is an exercise in the fashionable art of instant history, in which every episode is hotted up with an anecdote" (Harper's).Idioms: hot and bothered Informal In a state of agitated excitement; flustered: all hot and bothered before the opening performance. hot and heavy1. Informal Passionate or intense: Interest in the new stock was hot and heavy.2. Characterized by or engaging in amorous or sexual activity. hot to trot Slang 1. Sexually avid; lascivious.2. Ready and willing; eager. hot under the collar Informal Angry. make it hot for Slang To make things uncomfortable or dangerous for: Don't make it hot for yourself by needlessly finding fault.
[Middle English, from Old English hāt; see kai- in Indo-European roots.]
hot′ness n.hotting (ˈhɒtɪŋ) n (Automotive Engineering) informal the practice of stealing fast cars and putting on a show of skilful but dangerous driving ˈhotter nIdiomsSeehothotting
hotting Informal the practice of stealing fast cars and putting on a show of skilful but dangerous driving FinancialSeeHot |