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• it's hot today, isn't it?
• it was hot and getting hotter.
• do you like this hot weather?
• a hot dry summer

hot

1. having a high temperature; producing heat
• SEE ALSO boiling hot
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/boiling#boiling_vg_1
• It's hot today, isn't it?
• It was hot and getting hotter.
• Do you like this hot weather?
• a hot dry summer
• an unusually hot day
• It was the hottest July on record.
• Be careful—the plates are hot.
• All rooms have hot and cold water.
• I'll feel better after a hot bath.
• a hot meal (= one that has been cooked)
• When the weather gets hot, we often head to the beach.
• I couldn't live in a hot country (= one which has high average temperatures).
• Cook in a very hot oven.
• Eat it while it's hot.
• I touched his forehead. He felt hot and feverish.

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• Make sure the fat is sizzling hot.
• Serve hot or cold accompanied by bread and a salad.
• The containers keep the food hot for five hours.
• The food should stay hot until we're ready to eat.
• The ground was hot enough to fry an egg on.
• The sun shone fiercely down and it grew hotter and hotter.
• Wash the tablecloth in fairly hot soapy water.
• a boiling hot summer day
• a bowl of piping hot soup
• white-hot metal
• I touched his forehead. It was burning hot.
• The canteen provides hot meals as well as salads and snacks.
2. feeling heat in an unpleasant or uncomfortable way
• Is anyone too hot?
• I feel hot.
• Her cheeks were hot with embarrassment.

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• I was boiling hot and sweaty.
• Don't you feel hot so close to the fire?
• His face grew hot at the memory of his embarrassment.
• She was beginning to get uncomfortably hot.
• I was feeling a bit hot so I went outside for a moment.
3. making you feel hot
• London was hot and dusty.
• It had been a long hot journey.

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• It was unbearably hot in the car.
• This weather's a bit hot for me.
4. containing pepper and spices that can produce a burning feeling in your mouth because they have a strong taste and smell
• OPPOSITE mild
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/mild_2
• hot spicy food
• You can make a curry hotter simply by adding chillies.
• He brought out a plate of sausages covered in hot mustard.

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• I love really hot food.
• That was a pretty hot curry!
5. involving a lot of activity, argument or strong feelings
• Today we enter the hottest phase of the election campaign.
• The environment has become a very hot issue.
• Competition is getting hotter day by day.
6. difficult or dangerous to deal with and making you feel worried or uncomfortable
• When things got too hot most journalists left the area.
• They're making life hot for her.
7. new, exciting and very popular
• This is one of the hottest clubs in town.
• They are one of this year's hot new bands.
• The couple are Hollywood's hottest property.
8. fresh, very recent and usually exciting
• I've got some hot gossip for you!
• a story that is hot off the press (= has just appeared in the newspapers)
9. likely to be successful
• She seems to be the hot favourite for the job.
• Do you have any hot tips for today's race?
10. very good at doing something; knowing a lot about something
• Don't ask me—I'm not too hot on British history.
11. if somebody has a hot temper they become angry very easily
12. feeling or causing sexual excitement
• You were as hot for me as I was for you.
• I've got a hot date tonight.
13. containing scenes, statements, etc. that are of an extreme nature and are likely to shock or anger people
• SEE ALSO hot stuff
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/hot-stuff
• Some of the nude scenes were regarded as too hot for Broadway.
• The report was highly critical of senior members of the Cabinet and was considered too hot to publish.
14. thinking that something is very important and making sure that it always happens or is done
• They're very hot on punctuality at work.
15. having a strong and exciting rhythm
16. stolen and difficult to get rid of because they can easily be recognized
• I'd never have touched those phones if I'd known they were hot.
17. used in children’s games to say that the person playing is very close to finding a person or thing, or to guessing the correct answer
• You're getting hot!
18. to be very enthusiastic about starting an activity
19. to be excited in a sexual way
20. to be in or get into trouble
21. to change your opinion about something often
22. to experience a sudden feeling of fear or worry
• When the phone rang I just went hot and cold.
23. to be bought quickly or in great numbers
24. very close behind somebody/something; very soon after something
• He turned and fled with Peter hot on his heels.
• They reached the border with the police hot on their heels.
• Further successes came hot on the heels of her first best-selling novel.
• News of rising unemployment followed hard on the heels of falling export figures.
25. in a state of worry or stress because you are under too much pressure, have a problem, are trying to hurry, etc.
26. close to catching or finding the person or thing that you have been running after or searching for
27. angry or embarrassed
• He got very hot under the collar when I asked him where he'd been all day.
28. following somebody closely and determined to catch them
• She sped away in her car with journalists in hot pursuit.
29. very nervous
• She was like a cat on a hot tin roof before her driving test.
30. not very good in quality
• Her spelling isn't too hot.
31. not feeling well
• ‘How are you today?’ ‘Not so hot, I'm afraid.’
32. to make use of an opportunity immediately

Word Origin

• Old English hāt, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heet and German heiss.