Meaning

28 senses
  1. Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.

    Having or giving off a high temperature.

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

    It is too hot to be outside.

    heiß

    горя́чийgorjáčij

    гаря́чийharjáčyj

    used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning

  2. 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?

    мне жа́ркоmne žárko

  3. Feverish; feeling a high fever.

  4. Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).

  5. Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).

    (US, not comparable)Electrically charged.

    a hot wire

    charged or energized with electricity

  6. (informal)Radioactive.

  7. (figuratively)In active use at or near capacity.

    We need to keep the old drone production line going while it's still hot, or it'll be difficult to restart it.

  8. Relating to excited emotions.

    (figuratively)Easily provoked to anger.

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

  9. (colloquial, figuratively)Physically or sexually attractive.

    He saw many hot girls at the concert.

    That stripper is hot!

    sexually excited or exciting

  10. (colloquial, figuratively)Sexual or sexy; involving sexual intercourse or sexual excitement.

  11. (figuratively, slang)Sexually aroused; randy.

    Enough foreplay! You’ve gotten me so hot already!

  12. (figuratively, slang)Extremely attracted to.

    hot for her English teacher

Examples

2799 sentences
  1. I want something hot to drink.

    Я хочу випити чогось гарячого.

    ruЯ хочу выпить чего-нибудь тёплого.

    deIch will etwas Warmes zu trinken.

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  2. It is too hot to work.

    Занадто спекотно, щоб працювати.

    ruСлишком жарко, чтобы работать.

    deEs ist zu heiß zum Arbeiten.

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  3. Is it this hot every day?

    Кожного дня так спекотно?

    deIst es jeden Tag so heiß?

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  4. It was a very hot day.

    Це був дуже спекотний день.

    deEs war ein sehr heißer Tag.

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  5. I can't stand this hot weather.

    Я не переношу такої спеки.

    ruЯ не могу выносить эту жару.

    deIch kann dieses heiße Wetter nicht ab.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
of the weather:
spicy:
Русский
By meaning 9
of the weather:
having a high temperature:
feeling the sensation of heat:
feverish — see also febrile, ardent:
electrically charged — see also live, charged:
radioactive — see also radioactive:
slang: stolen:
very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed:
spicy:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
of the weather:
slang: physically very attractive — see also sensual, tasty:
spicy:

Origin

From Middle English hot, hoot, from Old English hāt (“hot”), from Proto-West Germanic *hai

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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