hot
• adjective (hotter, hottest) 1 having a high temperature. 2 feeling or producing an uncomfortable sensation of heat. 3 feeling or showing intense excitement, anger, lust, or other emotion. 4 currently popular, fashionable, or interesting. 5 informal (of goods) stolen and difficult to dispose of because easily identifiable. 6 (often hot on) informal very knowledgeable or skilful. 7 (hot on) informal strict about. • verb (hotted, hotting) (hot up) Brit. informal become or make more intense or exciting. — PHRASES go hot and cold experience a sudden feeling of fear or shock. have the hots for informal be sexually attracted to. hot under the collar informal angry or resentful. in hot water informal in trouble or disgrace. make it (or things) hot for informal stir up trouble for. — DERIVATIVES hotly adverb hotness noun. — ORIGIN Old English.
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