Hot word meaning and definition

[adjective] (informal) marked by excited activity; "a hot week on the stock market"
[adjective] (electricity) charged or energized with electricity; "a hot wire"; "a live wire"
[adjective] having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity; "hot fuel rods"; "a hot laboratory"
[adjective] of a seeker; near to the object sought; "you're getting warm"; "hot on the trail"
[adjective] having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm; "hot for travel"
[adjective] very fast; "a blistering pace"; "got off to a hot start"; "in hot pursuit"; "a red-hot line drive"
[adjective] capable of quick response and great speed; "a hot sports car"
[adjective] newly made; "a hot scent"
[adjective] very good; often used in the negative; "he's hot at math but not so hot at history"
[adjective] 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; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead"
[adjective] extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm; "a hot temper"; "a hot topic"; "a hot new book"; "a hot love affair"; "a hot argument"
[adjective] (informal) recently stolen or smuggled; "hot merchandise"; "a hot car"
[adjective] having or bringing unusually good luck; "hot at craps"; "the dice are hot tonight"
[adjective] newest or most recent; "news hot off the press"; "red-hot information"
[adjective] very unpleasant or even dangerous; "make it hot for him"; "in the hot seat"; "in hot water"
[adjective] (informal) very popular or successful; "one of the hot young talents"; "cabbage patch dolls were hot last season"
[adjective] having a piquant burning taste of spices or peppers; "gingery Chinese food"; "hot peppers"; "hot curry"; "corn chips with peppery salsa"; "spicy tomato sauce"
[adjective] sexually excited or exciting; "was hot for her"; "hot pants"
[adjective] (informal) performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy; "a hot drummer"; "he's hot tonight"
[adjective] characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense; "the fighting became hot and heavy"; "a hot engagement"; "a raging battle"; "the river became a raging torrent"
[adjective] wanted by the police; "a hot suspect"
[adjective] (color) bold and intense; "hot pink"

\Hot\, imp. & p. p. of {Hote}. [Obs.] --Spenser.
\Hot\, a. [Compar. {Hotter}; superl. {Hottest}.] [OE. hot, hat, AS. h[=a]t; akin to OS. h[=e]t, D. heet, OHG. heiz, G. heiss, Icel. heitr, Sw. het, Dan. heed, hed; cf. Goth. heit[=o] fever, hais torch. Cf. {Heat}.] 1. Having much sensible heat; exciting the feeling of warmth in a great degree; very warm; -- opposed to cold, and exceeding warm in degree; as, a hot stove; hot water or air. ``A hotvenison pasty.'' --Shak. 2. Characterized by heat, ardor, or animation; easily excited; firely; vehement; passionate; violent; eager. Achilles is impatient, hot, and revengeful. --Dryden. There was mouthing in hot haste. --Byron. 3. Lustful; lewd; lecherous. --Shak. 4. Acrid; biting; pungent; as, hot as mustard. {Hot bed} (Iron Manuf.), an iron platform in a rolling mill, on which hot bars, rails, etc., are laid to cool. {Hot wall} (Gardening), a wall provided with flues for the conducting of heat, to hasten the growth of fruit trees or the ripening of fruit. {Hot well} (Condensing Engines), a receptacle for the hot water drawn from the condenser by the air pump. This water is returned to the boiler, being drawn from the hot well by the feed pump. {In hot water} (Fig.), in trouble; in difficulties. [Colloq.] Syn: Burning; fiery; fervid; glowing; eager; animated; brisk; vehement; precipitate; violent; furious; ardent; fervent; impetuous; irascible; passionate; hasty; excitable.

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