hot
Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.
Adjective 4 meanings
Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.
“He forgot that the frying pan was hot and burned his hand.”
Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).
Relating to excited emotions.
“Be careful, he has a hot temper and may take it out on you.”
Relating to popularity, quality, or the state of being interesting.
“He's a hot young player; we should give him a trial.”
Adverb 3 meanings
Hotly; at a high temperature.
Rapidly, quickly.
While shooting, while firing one's weapon(s).
“to come in hot; to go in hot”
Verb 2 meanings
To heat; to make or become hot.
To become lively or exciting.
Noun 1 meaning
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.
Etymology
From Middle English hot, hoot, from Old English hāt (“hot”), from Proto-West Germanic *hait, from Proto-Germanic *haitaz (“hot”), from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- (“to heat; to become hot”).
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HOT at a glance
HOT has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (H 4 + O 1 + T 1) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #678 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with hot
All rhymes- SHOT7
- SCREENSHOT15
- GUNSHOT11
- SNAPSHOT13
- SLINGSHOT13
- HEADSHOT15
- HOTSHOT13
- UPSHOT11
- EARSHOT10
- BLOODSHOT15
- MUGSHOT13
- BUCKSHOT19
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