hot in English
- hot⇄adj. 1. much warmer than the body; having or giving off much heat.
Ex. That fire is hot. The sun is hot today.
(SYN) scorching, scalding.
2. having a relativelyhigh temperature.
Ex. The food is too hot to eat.
3. having t - hot⇄adv. hotly.
- hot⇄adv. in a hot manner; with much heat; hotly.
Ex. The sun beats hot upon the sand. - hot⇄expr. blow hot and cold. See under blow (2).
- hot⇄expr. hot and bothered, (Informal.) excited.
Ex. So why should we become hot and bothered about our own country, which has an excellent record of preserving its identity and guarding its interests? (London Times). - hot⇄expr. hot and hot, served hot from the fire to the table, without delay, as food.
Ex. The crisp slices came off the gridiron hot and hot (Dickens). - hot⇄expr. hot it up, (Slang.) to have a good time; make things hot.
Ex. Next evening, Jimmy McPartland's gang, with George Wettling on drums, will start hotting it up (New Yorker). - hot⇄expr. hot under the collar. See under collar.
- hot⇄expr. hot up, (Informal.)
a. to make or become livelier or more intense, active, or enthusiastic.
Ex. as the situation hots up. The economic cold war in Rhodesia is to be abruptly hotted up (New Yorker).
b. to heat up; make hot.hot⇄expr. make it hot for, (Informal.) to make trouble for; make things unpleasant or uncomfortable for.
Ex. His opponents soon made the town too hot for him.hot⇄hot, adjective, hotter,hottest,adverb, verb, hotted,hotting.hot⇄noun hotness.hot⇄v.t. (British Informal.) to heat.
hot in Sindhi سنڌي
hot in Telugu తెలుగు
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