hot

adj

1. Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.

   “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;[…].”

2. Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.

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

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

3. Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.
4. Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).

   “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 ...”

5. (US, not-comparable)Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).

   “a hot wire”

6. (informal)Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).
7. (figuratively)Relating to excited emotions.

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

8. (colloquial, figuratively)Relating to excited emotions.

   “He saw many hot girls at the concert.”

   “That stripper is hot!”

9. (colloquial, figuratively)Relating to excited emotions.

   “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”

10. (figuratively, slang)Relating to excited emotions.

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

11. (figuratively, slang)Relating to excited emotions.

    “hot for her English teacher”

12. (informal)Relating to popularity, quality, or the state of being interesting.

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

13. Relating to popularity, quality, or the state of being interesting.

    “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.”

14. Relating to popularity, quality, or the state of being interesting.

    “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.”

15. Relating to popularity, quality, or the state of being interesting.

    “"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.”

16. Relating to popularity, quality, or the state of being interesting.

    “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.”

17. Relating to popularity, quality, or the state of being interesting.

    “Optimise hot code paths first.”

18. Relating to danger or risk.

    “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”

19. (slang)Relating to danger or risk.

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

20. (slang)Relating to danger or risk.

    “hot merchandise”

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

21. (not-comparable, slang)Relating to danger or risk.

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

22. (slang)Relating to danger or risk.

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

23. Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed.

    “Am I warm yet? — You're hot!”

    “He was hot on her tail.”

24. Spicy, pungent, piquant, as some chilis and other spices are.

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

25. Loud, producing a strong electric signal for the amplifier or other sound equipment.
26. (slang)Used to emphasize the short duration or small quantity of something

    “He was finished in a hot minute.”

    “I dated him for a hot second.”

27. (slang)Extremely fast or with great speed.

    “That plane's coming in hot!”

    “a hot pass”

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

28. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, not-comparable)Acronym of high occupancy or toll.

adv

1. Hotly; at a high temperature.

   “Oak burns hot and lasts a long time. Its smoke is a medium to heavy flavor but not too overpowering. It leaves a buttersmooth, nutty finish.”

2. Rapidly, quickly.

   “Whatever happened, braking into the next-to-last hairpin, a blue-sky turn called Cog Cut, Durelle went in too hot.”

   “He went in hotter than he could have, the Cforce snugging him into the bucket seat. At the first switchback, there was already a hundred-foot drop-off […]”

   “He rolled over on his belly and raised up enough to see the second chopper coming in hotter, more deliberately than the first. Hollister grabbed Jrae by the ...”

   “They were coming in hotter than Dash liked, nose down toward the watery surface […]”

   ““When landing on dirt, gravel, or pavement, you'll be coming in hotter, faster than a runway made of grass, so try and keep that in mind.”

3. While shooting, while firing one's weapon(s).

   “to come in hot; to go in hot”

   “We would pop over the riverbank and come down hot (shooting) on a designated target. […] We started rolling in hot with rockets, then suddenly we started taking fire from the […]”

   “"Shakedown is rolling in hot in Nakhoney right now. You're just in time. They've been getting shot at and are in overwatch for India 21 patrolling," […]”

verb

1. To heat; to make or become hot.
2. To become lively or exciting.

   “Turf war's hotting up.”

noun

1. A hot meal, usually in the phrase "three hots" (i.e. three hot meals per day) or derivations such as three hots and a cot.
2. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable)Acronym of hybrid-orientation technology (“CMOS fabrication technology that uses PMOS and NMOS substrates with differing orientations”).
3. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable)Acronym of hybrid-orientation technique, a technique that applies the technology.
4. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable)Acronym of high-output turbo (turbocharger).
5. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable)Acronym of high occupancy or toll lane.

   “If a HOT lane alternative is chosen as the preferred alternative (Build Alternatives 4A, 4B. 5A, 5B, 6A, or 6B), then additional advanced HOT lane signs will need to be placed from I-80/El Camino Avenue to I-80/Truxel Road and between US-50/I-5 and US-50/SR-99 (Sac 80 PM M1.4/3.64 and SAC 50 PM L0.60/R0.20).”

6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of health over time: a status effect that restores health points as time passes.