• (RP) enPR: hŏt, IPA: /hɒt/
• (America) enPR: hät, IPA: /hɑt/

hot (comparative hotter, superlative hottest)

1. (of an object) Having a high temperature.

   He forgot that the frying pan was hot and burned his hand.

   • 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN:

     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. (of the weather) Causing the air to be hot.

   It is too hot to be outside.

   It is hotter in summer than in winter.

3. (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.

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

   Aren't you hot with that thick coat on?

4. (of a temper) Easily provoked to anger.

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

5. Feverish.
6. (of food) Spicy.

   Before moving to India, I never ate hot food. The Indians love spicy food.

7. (informal) Very good, remarkable, exciting. [from the 19^thc.]

   He's a hot young player, we should give him a trial.

8. Stolen. [from the 20^thc.]

   hot merchandise

9. (uncomparable) Electrically charged.

   a hot wire

10. (informal) Radioactive. [from the 20^thc.]
11. (slang, of a person) Very physically and/or sexually attractive.

    That stripper is hot!

12. (slang) Sexual or sexy; involving sexual intercourse or sexual excitement.
13. (slang) Sexually aroused; randy.

14. (with for) Attracted to.

    hot for her English teacher

15. Popular; in demand.

    This new pickup is so hot we can't keep it in stock!

16. Of great current interest; provoking current debate or controversy.

    a hot topic

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

    Am I warm yet? — You're hot!

18. Performing strongly; having repeated successes.
    • 1938, Harold M. Sherman, "Shooting Stars," Boys' Life (March 1938), Published by Boy Scouts of America, p.5:

      "Keep going! You're hot tonight!" urged Wally.

    • 2002, Peter Krause & Andy King, Play-By-Play Golf, First Avenue Editions, p.55:

      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.

19. Fresh; just released.
    • 1960, Super Markets of the Sixties: Findings, recommendations.- v.2. The plans and sketches, Super Market Institute, p.30:

      A kid can stand in the street and sell newspapers, if the headlines are hot.

    • 2000, David Cressy, Travesties and transgressions in Tudor and Stuart England: tales of discord and dissension, Oxford University Press, p.34:

      Some of these publications show signs of hasty production, indicating that they were written while the news was hot.

20. Uncomfortable, difficult to deal with; awkward, dangerous, unpleasant.
21. (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.

22. (slang) Characterized by police presence or activity.

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

• (having a high temperature) heated; see also Thesaurus:hot
• (of the weather) baking, boiling, boiling hot, sultry, sweltering
• (feeling the sensation of heat) baking, boiling, boiling hot
• (feverish) feverish, having a temperature
• (spicy) piquant, spicy, tangy
• (slang: stolen) stolen
• (electrically charged) live
• (radioactive) radioactive
• (slang: physically or sexually attractive) attractive, beautiful, cute, fit, foxy, gorgeous, handsome, hunky, lush, pretty, sexy, studly, tasty, yummy

• (having a high temperature) chilled, chilly, cold, cold as ice, freezing, freezing cold, frigid, glacial, ice-cold, icy
• (of the weather) cold, freezing, freezing cold, icy
• (feeling the sensation of heat) freezing, freezing cold
• (spicy) bland, mild
• (electrically charged) neutral, dead
• (slang) lifeless

• French: (très) chaud
• German: heiß
• Italian: (molto) caldo, bollente
• Portuguese: (muito) quente
• Russian: горя́чий
• Spanish: caliente, muy caliente

• French: faire chaud
• German: heiß
• Italian: caldo
• Portuguese: quente
• Russian: жа́ркий
• Spanish: caluroso, cálido

• Portuguese: quente
• Russian: I am hot: жарко

• French: fiévreux
• Italian: febbrile
• Portuguese: febril
• Russian: лихора́дочный
• Spanish: febril, con calentura, ardiendo

• French: épicé, piquant
• German: scharf, würzig
• Italian: piccante
• Portuguese: picante
• Russian: о́стрый
• Spanish: picante, picoso

• French: chouré
• German: heiß
• Portuguese: roubado, furtado
• Spanish: tranzado, (Mexico) chueco

• French: vif
• Portuguese: vivo
• Spanish: vivo, cargado (e.g., línea viva, cable cargado)

• French: radioactif
• Portuguese: radioativo
• Russian: горя́чий
• Spanish: radioactivo, termonuclear

• French: sexy, (coarse slang) bonne
• German: heiß, scharf
• Italian: figo, figa, gnocca
• Portuguese: gostoso
• Spanish: sensual, bueno, candente, sabroso

• Portuguese: na moda, em voga
• Spanish: de moda, demandado

• French: brûlant
• German: heiß
• Portuguese: quente
• Spanish: caliente

hot (hots, present participle hotting; past and past participle hotted)

1. (with up) To heat; to make or become hot.
2. (with up) To become lively or exciting.
   • 2018 "Clean Slate", Wentworth

     Turf war's hotting up.

• hot up; heat, heat up

hot

1. (electronics) Acronym of hybrid-orientation technology CMOS fabrication technology that uses PMOS and NMOS substrates with differing orientations
2. (electronics) Acronym of hybrid-orientation technique a technique that applies the technology
3. (automotive) Acronym of high-output turbo turbocharger
4. (traffic control) Acronym of high occupancy or toll lane
5. (video games) Initialism of health over time: a status effect that restores health points as time passes

   Antonyms: DOT

hot (not comparable)

1. (traffic control) Acronym of high occupancy or toll

• HOV high-occupancy vehicle