Definition of HOT

hot

Meanings

Plural: hots

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"
  • 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 Satellite

  • characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense
    • "the fighting became hot and heavy"
    • "a hot engagement"
  • (color) bold and intense
    • "hot pink"
  • sexually excited or exciting
    • "was hot for her"
    • "hot pants"
  • recently stolen or smuggled
    • "hot merchandise"
    • "a hot car"
  • very fast; capable of quick response and great speed
    • "a hot sports car"
    • "got off to a hot start"
    • "in hot pursuit"
    • "a red-hot line drive"
  • wanted by the police
    • "a hot suspect"
  • producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves
    • "hot salsa"
    • "jalapeno peppers are very hot"
  • performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy
    • "a hot drummer"
    • "he's hot tonight"
  • very popular or successful
    • "one of the hot young talents"
    • "cabbage patch dolls were hot last season"
  • very unpleasant or even dangerous
    • "make it hot for him"
    • "in the hot seat"
    • "in hot water"
  • newest or most recent
    • "news hot off the press"
    • "red-hot information"
  • having or bringing unusually good luck
    • "hot at craps"
    • "the dice are hot tonight"
  • very good; often used in the negative
    • "he's hot at math but not so hot at history"
  • newly made
    • "a hot scent"
  • having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm
    • "hot for travel"
  • of a seeker; very near to the object sought
    • "you are hot"
  • having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity
    • "hot fuel rods"
    • "a hot laboratory"
  • charged or energized with electricity
    • "a hot wire"
  • marked by excited activity
    • "a hot week on the stock market"

Adj

  • Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.
  • Having or giving off a high temperature.
  • Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.
  • Feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.
  • Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.
  • Feverish; feeling a high fever.
  • Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).
  • Electrically charged.
  • Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).
  • Radioactive.
  • Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).
  • Relating to excited emotions.
  • Easily provoked to anger.
  • Relating to excited emotions.
  • Very physically or sexually attractive.
  • Relating to excited emotions.
  • Sexual or sexy; involving sexual intercourse or sexual excitement.
  • Relating to excited emotions.
  • Sexually aroused; randy.
  • Relating to excited emotions.
  • Extremely attracted to.
  • Relating to popularity, quality, or the state of being interesting.
  • Very good, remarkable, exciting.
  • Relating to popularity, quality, or the state of being interesting.
  • Popular; in demand.
  • Relating to popularity, quality, or the state of being interesting.
  • Of great current interest; provoking current debate or controversy.
  • Relating to popularity, quality, or the state of being interesting.
  • Performing strongly; having repeated successes.
  • Relating to popularity, quality, or the state of being interesting.
  • Fresh; just released.
  • Relating to danger or risk.
  • Uncomfortable, difficult to deal with; awkward, dangerous, unpleasant.
  • Relating to danger or risk.
  • Characterized by police presence or activity.
  • Relating to danger or risk.
  • Stolen.
  • Relating to danger or risk.
  • Not covered by funds on account.
  • Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed.
  • Spicy, pungent, piquant, as some chilis and other spices are.
  • Loud, producing a strong electric signal for the amplifier or other sound equipment.
  • Used to emphasize the short duration or small quantity of something
  • Extremely fast or with great speed.

Adv

  • Hotly; at a high temperature.
  • Rapidly, quickly.
  • While shooting, while firing one's weapon(s).

Verb

  • To heat; to make or become hot.
  • To become lively or exciting.

Noun

  • A hot meal, usually in the phrase three hots or derivations such as three hots and a cot.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English hot, hat, from Old English hāt, from Proto-Germanic *haitaz (“hot”), from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- (“hot; to heat”). Cognate with Scots hate, hait (“hot”), North Frisian hiet (“hot”), Saterland Frisian heet (“hot”), West Frisian hjit (“hot”), German heiß (“hot”), Danish hed (“hot”).

Synonyms

ablaze, alluring, amorous, appealing, appetizing, aroused, arousing, attracting, attractive, bad, bangable, beauteous, beautifool, beautiful, beautimous, beddable, bedworthy, blistering, boiling, bona vardering, bonable, bonerific, bonnie, breathtaking, buckish, buff, burning, captivating, charming, comely, concupiscent, coying, cute, delicious, desirable, desirous, doable, dreamy, DTF, effable, engaging, enticing, esculent, excited, exciting, exquisite, fair, fanciable, fappable, fapworthy, fascinating, fetching, fine, fine-looking, fit, frisky, fuckable, fuckish, gagging for it, good enough to eat, good-looking, gorgeous, handsome, hard, heart-robbing, heat up, heated, hissing hot, hittable, horny, hot, hot and bothered, hot as fire, hot as hell, hot to trot, hotter than a pistol, humpable, illecebrous, in heat, incandescent, inviting, knockout, lascivious, lewd, libidinous, lickerish, live, lovely, lovesome, lustful, lustrious, lusty, molten, nice, nice-looking, peng, personable, physically attractive, piping hot, prepossessing, prettiful, pretty, provocative, prurient, pulchritudinous, raging, randy, raunchy, ravenous, red-hot, rock hard, rootable, rubber, ruttish, rutty, salacious, scalding, scorching, screwable, searing, seducing, seductive, sensual, sexable, sexalicious, sexed up, sexy, shaggable, shapely, sheen, sightly, spicy, stimulated, stunning, swanlike, swoonsome, taking, tasty, tempting, thirsty, toasted, toasty, toey, toey as a Roman sandal, toothsome, turned on, unchaste, venereal, venereous, wanton, well-favoured, white-hot, winning, winsome

Antonyms

bland, chilled, chilly, cold, cold as ice, dead, freezing, freezing cold, frigid, glacial, hot, ice-cold, icy, mild, neutral

Scrabble Score: 6

hot is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
hot is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hot is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 5

hot is a valid Words With Friends word