Meaning of hot | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Acronym of high occupancy or toll.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, not-comparable
2. Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.
3. Having or giving off a high temperature.
4. hot, warm (emitting heat or warmth)
5. Feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.
6. hot (close to finding or guessing something)
7. Feverish; feeling a high fever.
8. horny (sexually aroused)
9. Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).
10. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
11. third-person singular imperative
12. Electrically charged.
    US, not-comparable
13. Radioactive.
    informal
14. Relating to excited emotions.
    figuratively
15. Easily provoked to anger.
    figuratively
16. Very physically or sexually attractive.
    colloquial, figuratively
17. Sexual or sexy; involving sexual intercourse or sexual excitement.
    colloquial, figuratively
18. Sexually aroused; randy.
    figuratively, slang
19. Extremely attracted to.
    figuratively, slang
20. Relating to popularity, quality, or the state of being interesting.
    informal
21. Very good, remarkable, exciting.
    informal
22. Popular; in demand.
23. Of great current interest; provoking current debate or controversy.
24. Performing strongly; having repeated successes.
25. Fresh; just released.
26. Relating to danger or risk.
27. Uncomfortable, difficult to deal with; awkward, dangerous, unpleasant.
28. Characterized by police presence or activity.
    slang
29. Stolen.
    slang
30. Not covered by funds on account.
    not-comparable, slang
31. Containing drugs.
    slang
32. Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed.
33. Spicy, pungent, piquant, as some chilis and other spices are.
34. Loud, producing a strong electric signal for the amplifier or other sound equipment.
35. Used to emphasize the short duration or small quantity of something
    slang
36. Extremely fast or with great speed.
    slang

Equivalents

Examples

“He forgot that the frying pan was hot and burned his hand.”

“It is too hot to be outside.”

“It is hotter in summer than in winter.”

“It is roasting hot in here. Crack a window, please.”

“There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs;[…].”

““Everybody is interested in extremes – the hottest, the wettest, the windiest – so creating a database of professionally verified records is useful in that fact alone,” says Randall Cerveny from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).”

“It is one of the first towns in the United States to purposely stall growth for want of water in a new era of megadroughts. But it could be a harbinger of things to come in a hotter, drier West.”

“I was so hot from being in the sun too long.”

“Aren't you hot with that thick coat on?”

“The microphone was hot and the show was on the air.”

“So I just blurted out, "This is really a fucking way to make a living, huh?" […] The microphone was hot, and I knew I was in trouble. The radio management came to my house and suspended me immediately.”

“I leaned forward, still ogling, thinking the camera was off me until the end of the song, but then on went the little red light that meant my camera was hot ...”

“"Your range is hot, corporal. Wind unchanged. You've got your dope. Fire at will," Hacksaw said, snapping the camera as fast as the motor drive could run ...”

“I join the space-to-ground channel to warn Terry that his mic is hot and that everyone with an internet connection or tuned to NASA TV can hear every word ...”

“"The range is hot, chief. Fire at will." Alex says with a smile as he steps back and puts his shooting ear muffs on. "I'm going to shoot, major."”

“I run an inventory, verify all bullets are hot in the chamber. They are. But the showroom prosthetics have all exited attraction mode.”

“a hot wire”

“Be careful, he has a hot temper and may take it out on you.”

“He saw many hot girls at the concert.”

“That stripper is hot!”

“There was only one problem. Paul was HIV positive. And just a few weeks after his hot encounter with Max, a letter arrived for him, containing some legalese about HIV infection being a criminal act, with a few chilling words”

“Enough foreplay! You’ve gotten me so hot already!”

“hot for her English teacher”

“He's a hot young player; we should give him a trial.”

“This new pickup is so hot we can't keep it in stock!”

“And in 1975 one of the hottest Austin ensembles was the posthippie western swing revivalist group known as Asleep at the Wheel.”

“a hot topic”

“The bluebloods of golf began pouring into the sweltering nation’s capital yesterday for the 64th U.S. Open championship, and the hottest topic was not Arnold Palmer or Jack Nicklaus, but Champagne Tony Lema.”

“"Keep going! You're hot tonight!" urged Wally.”

“The ball lands on the fairway, just a couple of yards in front of the green. "Nice shot Sarah! You're hot today!" Jenny says.”

“A kid can stand in the street and sell newspapers, if the headlines are hot.”

“Some of these publications show signs of hasty production, indicating that they were written while the news was hot.”

“The car sped along. She kept her foot permanently on the accelerator, and took every corner at an acute angle. Two motorists we passed looked out of their windows outraged as she swept by, and one pedestrian in a lane waved his stick at her. I felt rather hot for her. She did not seem to notice though. I crouched lower in my seat.”

“I've been living here a few weeks and it's starting to get a little hot for me … I've written myself out of several states in the last six years.”

“The police are looking for an anarchist who answers my description, seen leaving the house the day before the fire; there was an explosion[…]So what with one thing and another, His Grace thinks the country a little hot for me now”

“"Things are a little hot for us in San Francisco. We'll burn the vardo at Drake's Bay and then head to your place." "Things are hot, so you're heading to my place?" "Hot's not a big deal. Just a matter of jurisdiction and time.”

“I'd also thought things might have gotten a little hot for him in Atlantic City, so he'd moved West to its bigger, badder cousin, where he wasn't as well known”

“I wouldn't speed through here if I was you. This area is hot this time of night.”

“hot merchandise”

“The camera was hot. Buying a hot camera was a parole violation.”

“I wouldn't trust him. He gave me a hot check last week.”

“The solider was discharged from the military after he pissed hot for cocaine.”

“Am I warm yet? — You're hot!”

“He was hot on her tail.”

“This kind of chili pepper is way too hot for my taste.”

“He was finished in a hot minute.”

“I dated him for a hot second.”

“That plane's coming in hot!”

“a hot pass”

“Brace yourselves; we're going in a little hot!”

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