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hot
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[ 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
Examples "hot stove" "hot water" "a hot August day" "a hot stuffy room" "she's hot and tired" Used in print ([Anonymous,] "The Attack on Employee Services"...)Latest models serve hot meals at reasonable prices , and at a profit to you . (Orlin J. Scoville, Part-Time Farming...)Frequently he must work long hours in the hot sun or cold rain . (L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)( 1 ) As far down as 400 miles below the surface the material should be hot enough to be plastic and adjust itself to twisting forces by sluggish flow rather than by breaking , as rigid surface rocks do . (Robert E. Lane, The Liberties of Wit: Humanism, Critici...)In a symposium and general exploration of the field of Person Perception and Interpersonal Behavior the discussion does not touch upon this aspect of the subject , with one possible exception ; Solomon_Asch shows the transcultural stability of metaphors based on sensation ( hot , sweet , bitter , etc . ) dealing with personal qualities of human_beings and events . (Dell Shannon, The Ace of Spades....)It was going_to be another hot day ; already the thermometer stood close_to ninety . |
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[ adjective ] extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm
Examples "a hot temper" "a hot topic" "a hot new book" "a hot love affair" "a hot argument" Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)After a long , hot controversy , Miller_County has a new school_superintendent , elected , as a policeman put it , in the `` coolest election I ever saw in_this county '' . (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)George_Kerr , the swift striding Jamaican , set a meet record in the 600 - yard run in the Knights_of_Columbus track_meet tonight , beating Purdue 's Dave_Mills in a hot duel in 1.10.1 . (Francis Pollini, Night....)The man shrank before the hot fury , searching frantically for the answer * * h Finnegan woke_up . Related terms cold heated sensual boiling red-hot fiery white-hot torrid passionate emotionality |
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[ adjective ] very fast
Synonyms Examples "a blistering pace" "got off to a hot start" "in hot pursuit" "a red-hot line drive" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)Since 1949 , the only National_League club that got_off to a hot start and made a runaway of the race was the '55 Dodger team . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (informal) recently stolen or smuggled
Examples "hot merchandise" "a hot car" Used in print (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)The inventory you acquired from me is n't going_to be easy to move ; you can't very well sidle up to people on the street and ask if they want to buy a hot Bodhisattva . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (color) bold and intense
Examples "hot pink" Used in print (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)I have no picture in my mind of the garden as_a_whole - that I could not see - but certain aspects of certain corners linger in the memory : wind-blown , frost-bitten , white chrysanthemums beneath a window , with their brittle brown leaves and their sharp scent of November ; ripe pears lying in long grass , to be turned_over by a dusty slippered foot , cautiously , lest bees still worked in the ragged , brown edged holes ; hot colored verbenas in the corner between the dining-room wall and the side porch , where we passed on_our_way to the pump with the half gourd tied to it as a cup by my grandmother for our childish pleasure in drinking from it . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (sexuality) sexually excited or exciting
Examples "was hot for her" "hot pants" Used in print (Richard S. Prather, "The Bawdy Beautiful," Cavalier...)But suddenly those hot honey eyes seemed to have everything but swarms of bees in them . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] very good; often used in the negative
Examples "he's hot at math but not so hot at history" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (informal) performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy
Examples "a hot drummer" "he's hot tonight" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm
Examples "hot for travel" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (electricity) charged or energized with electricity
Synonyms Examples "a hot wire" "a live wire" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] very unpleasant or even dangerous
Examples "make it hot for him" "in the hot seat" "in hot water" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (informal) very popular or successful
Examples "one of the hot young talents" "cabbage patch dolls were hot last season" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (music) emotionally charged and intense and marked by strong rhythms and improvisation
Examples "hot jazz" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] having or bringing unusually good luck
Examples "hot at craps" "the dice are hot tonight" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] capable of quick response and great speed
Examples "a hot sports car" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity
Examples "hot fuel rods" "a hot laboratory" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (informal) marked by excited activity
Examples "a hot week on the stock market" Related terms |
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