hot

1a : having a relatively high temperature hot and humid weather serving hot meals to the poor

b : capable of giving a sensation of heat or of burning, searing, or scalding working outside in the hot sun fried in hot oil

c : having heat in a degree exceeding normal body heat Your forehead feels hot.

2a : marked by violence or fierceness : stormy a hot temper a hot battle also : angry got hot about the remark

b(1) : sexually excited or receptive It's obvious he's hot for her.

(2) : sexy That guy she's dating is really hot.

c : eager, zealous hot for reform

d of jazz : emotionally exciting and marked by strong rhythms and free melodic improvisations

3 : having or causing the sensation of an uncomfortable degree of body heat hot and tired it's hot in here

4a : newly made : fresh a hot scent bread hot from the oven hot off the press

b : close to something sought hot on the trail

5a : suggestive of heat or of burning or glowing objects : very bright hot colors hot pink

b : pungent, peppery hot mustard the hottest chili I've ever tasted

6a : of intense and immediate interest some hot gossip

b : unusually lucky or favorable on a hot streak

c : temporarily capable of unusual performance (as in a sport)

d : currently popular or in demand She's become one of Hollywood's hottest commodities. a hot item in stores this year

e : very good a hot idea not feeling too hot

f : absurd, unbelievable wants to fight the champ? that's a hot one

7a : electrically energized especially with high voltage That wire is hot.

b : radioactive hot material also : dealing with radioactive material a hot laboratory

c of an atom or molecule : being in an excited state

8a : recently and illegally obtained hot jewels admitted that the car was hot

b : wanted by the police also : unsafe for a fugitive made the town too hot for them

9 : fast a hot new fighter plane a hot lap around the track

Definition of hot