hot (hŏt)

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[Middle English, from Old English hāt.]

adjective: hot·ter, hot·test. 

1. 1. Having or giving off heat; capable of burning.
   2. Being at a high temperature.
2. Being at or exhibiting a temperature that is higher than normal or desirable: a hot forehead.
3. Causing a burning sensation, as in the mouth; spicy: hot peppers; a hot curry.
4. 1. Charged or energized with electricity: a hot wire.
   2. Radioactive, especially to a dangerous degree.
5. 1. Marked by intensity of emotion; ardent or fiery: a hot temper.
   2. Having or displaying great enthusiasm; eager: hot for travel.
6. 1. Informal Arousing intense interest, excitement, or controversy: a hot new book; a hot topic.
   2. Informal Marked by excited activity or energy: a hot week on the stock market.
   3. Violent; raging: a hot battle.
7. Slang Sexually excited or exciting.
8. Slang
   1. Recently stolen: a hot car.
   2. Wanted by the police: a hot suspect.
9. Close to a successful solution or conclusion: hot on the trail.
10. Informal
    1. Most recent; new or fresh: a hot news item; the hot fashions for fall.
    2. Currently very popular or successful: one of the hottest young talents around.
    3. Requiring immediate action or attention: a hot opportunity.
11. Slang Very good or impressive. Often used in the negative: I'm not so hot at math.
12. Slang Funny or absurd: told a hot one about the neighbors' dog.
13. Slang
    1. Performing with great skill and daring: a hot drummer.
    2. Having or characterized by repeated successes: a player who is on a hot streak.
    3. Fast and responsive: a hot sports car.
    4. Unusually lucky: hot at craps.
14. Music Of, relating to, or being an emotionally charged style of performance marked by strong rhythms and improvisation: hot jazz.
15. Bold and bright.

noun 

Slang Strong sexual attraction or desire. Used with the.

adverb 

1. In a hot manner; hotly.
2. While hot: foods that are best eaten hot.

transitive verb: hot·ted, hot·ting, hots. 

Informal To cause to increase in intensity or excitement. Often used with up : “His book is an exercise in the fashionable art of instant history, in which every episode is hotted up with an anecdote” (Harper's)

idioms

hot and bothered

In a state of agitated excitement; flustered: all hot and bothered before the opening performance.

hot and heavy

Informal Passionate or intense: Interest in the new stock was hot and heavy. Characterized by or engaging in amorous or sexual activity.

hot to trot

Sexually avid; lascivious. Ready and willing; eager.

hot under the collar

Angry.

make it hot for

To make things uncomfortable or dangerous for: Don't make it hot for yourself by needlessly finding fault.

derivatives

hot́ness

noun