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hot and hot under the collar Theme: ANGER mod. angry.Don't get so hot under the collar. Chill, man.What a hot dude!Gee, that guy is really hot. What did I do? Theme: AROUSAL mod. sexy; sexually aroused or arousing.Man, is that chick hot!She's not my idea of hot.Wow, who was that hot hunk you were with? Theme: BUSINESS mod. selling well.These things are really hot this season.Now, here's a hot item. Theme: CRIME mod. carrying contraband and subject to arrest if caught.Max was hot and on the run.Lefty was hot and needed a place to stay. Theme: INTOXICATED - ALCOHOL mod. alcohol intoxicated.You could see that Wally was pretty hot from all the whisky.He was too hot to stand up. Theme: LUCKY mod. having a run of good luck in gambling.I'm hot tonight! Here I go again.I was hot when I started. I'm broke now. Theme: POLICE mod. wanted by the police. (Underworld.)Lefty is hot because of his part in the bank job.Bruno was hot and wanted somebody to hide him. Theme: POPULAR mod. of great renown; doing quite well for the time being.The opera tenor was hot, and even the lowbrows would pay to hear him.The dancer was hot and was offered movie roles and all sorts of things. Theme: THEFT mod. stolen.This watch is hot. Keep it.Rocko won't touch a hot watch or anything else hot.
hot 1. adjective 1 stolen US, 1924. 2 wanted by the police US, 1928. 3 suspect UK, 1996. 4 dangerous for criminal activity UK, 1618. 5 dangerous to other criminals because of co-operation with the police US, 2003. 6 under enemy fire. Although a critical term in the Vietnam war, it was coined not there, but in the US Civil War 100 years earlier US, 1864. 7 (used of a weapons system) activated, armed US, 1962. 8 poisoned UK, 2002. 9 good US, 1970. 10 excellent; used for describing music or musicians that create excitement US, 1866. 11 (used of jazz) traditional and spirited, as opposed to modern US, 1924. 12 popular US, 1961. 13 sexual, sensuous US, 1931. 14 (used of a striptease dance) very sexual US, 1977. 15 attractive, good-looking US, 1982. 16 angry UK, 1225. 17 brief, quick US, 1946. 18 in sports betting, generating heavy betting; favoured UK, 1882. 19 (used of a set in the television and film industries) fully prepared for filming US, 1977. 20 drunk BERMUDA, 1985.► hot as Mapp's mill-yardvery hot BARBADOS, 1965 2. noun a hot meal US, 1926
idiomhot► be big/hot on sth► make it hot for sbgo hot and cold BrEBrEto be so frightened, shocked, excited etc that you feel as though you are hot and cold at the same time:I went hot and cold. Had I lost it? Had it been stolen? I had checked everywhere twice.Maria suddenly realized that the whole room could hear them arguing, and she felt herself go hot and cold. —compare blow hot and cold(all) hot and botheredused in order to say that someone is behaving in a way that shows how annoyed, worried, or upset they are about something, especially when you think they are reacting too strongly:Maggie was all hot and bothered because Mitch told her to be quiet and listen to him.If you mention homosexual sex on TV these days, the critics get all hot and bothered, but they don't seem to mind if kids see people being blown to pieces.be hot to trotused in order to say that a person or organization is very eager to get involved in an activity or process:Paramount is so hot to trot with the latest Bond movie that they have offered actors a bonus for starting filming early.There are rumors that Toshiba are especially hot to trot and will be providing the chip for the new processor.be too hot to handleif a film, news story etc is too hot to handle, it is too shocking to be shown to the public:Greg is refusing to print the story. I think he found it too hot to handle, and he's worried about upsetting his advertisers.Madonna's 'Justify My Love' was not the first music video which broadcasters deemed too hot to handle. phrasehot[hotted, hotted, hotting]
hot up 1. hot up usually progressive informal, BrE to become more exciting or dangerous, with a lot more activity: The election campaign is already hotting up. In 1969 things were hotting up along the Sino-Soviet border.2. hot up to become hotter: As the climate hots up, the polar ice caps will start to melt.■ SIMILAR TO: warm up■ OPPOSITE: cool down
hot1. and hot under the collar mod. angry. Gee, that guy is really hot under the collar. What did I do? 2. mod. wanted by the police. (Underworld.) Lefty is hot because of his part in the bank job. 3. mod. stolen. Rocko won’t touch a hot watch or anything else hot. 4. mod. carrying contraband and subject to arrest if caught. Lefty was hot and needed a place to stay. 5. mod. having a run of good luck in gambling. I was hot when I started. I’m broke now. 6. mod. of great renown; doing quite well for the time being. The opera tenor was hot, and even the lowbrows would pay to hear him. 7. mod. alcohol intoxicated. (Old.) Willy was too hot to stand up. 8. mod. selling well. These things are really hot this season. 9. mod. sexy; sexually arousing. Wow, who was that hot hunk you were with? - (as) hot as blazes
- (as) hot as fire
- (as) hot as hell
- (as) hot as highway blacktop
- (as) hot as the devil
- (as) hot as the dickens
- (have done) more (something) than (one) has had hot dinners
- (Is it) hot enough for you?
- a cat on a hot tin roof
- a hot button
- a hot hand
- a hot line
- a hot mess
- a hot number
- a hot potato
- a hot spot
- a little pot is soon hot
- as hot as highway blacktop
- at someone's heels
- be hot and cold
- be hot off the press
- be hot stuff
- be hot to trot
- be in hot water
- be like a cat on a hot tin roof
- be like a cat on hot bricks
- blow hot and cold
- blow hot and cold, to
- blow this hot dog stand
- blue balls
- boiling hot
- busy as a beaver
- cat on a hot tin roof
- cat on a hot tin roof, like a
- cut through (something) like a (hot) knife through butter
- devil to pay, the
- drop (someone or something) like a hot brick
- drop (someone or something) like a hot potato
- drop like a hot potato
- drop like a hot potato, to
- drop someone or something like a hot potato
- drop someone/something like a hot potato
- drop something like a hot potato
- feel hot and cold
- full of hot air
- get hot
- get hot under the collar
- get in(to) hot water
- get into hot water, to
- go hot and cold
- go hot and cold (all over)
- go like hot cakes
- hard on (one's)/the heels
- hard on the heels of something
- hard on your heels
- hard/hot on somebody's heels
- have hot pants
- have hot pants for (someone)
- have hot pants for someone
- hot
- hot air
- hot and bothered
- hot and cold
- hot and heavy
- hot as blazes
- hot as fire
- hot as hell
- hot at (something)
- hot button
- hot check
- hot damn
- Hot damn!
- hot desk
- hot desking
- hot diggety
- hot diggety dog
- Hot diggety dog!
- Hot diggety!
- hot dog
- Hot dog!
- hot enough for you?
- hot enough to burn a polar bear's butt
- hot for (something)
- hot head
- hot item
- hot line
- hot lunch
- hot number
- hot off the press
- hot off the press(es)
- hot on
- hot on (one's) heels
- hot on (one's) tracks
- hot on (one's) trail
- hot on (something)
- hot on somebody's/something's tracks/trail
- hot on the heels of
- hot on the heels of (someone or something)
- hot on the track of (someone or something)
- hot on the trail
- hot on the trail of (someone or something)
- hot pants
- hot paper
- hot potato
- hot rocks
- hot rod
- hot seat
- hot seat, in the
- hot shot
- hot skinny
- hot spook
- hot spot
- hot stuff
- hot take
- hot tea
- hot ticket
- hot tip
- hot to trot
- hot under the collar
- hot under the collar, to be
- hot up
- hot water
- hot wire
- hot ziggety
- Hot ziggety!
- hotbox
- hotboxing
- hotfoot
- hotfoot it
- hotfoot it off to (some place)
- hotfoot it out of (some place)
- hothead
- hotkey
- hotline
- hot-rocks
- hotshot
- hot-shot
- hotter than a two-dollar pistol
- in hot pursuit
- in hot pursuit (of someone or something)
- in hot water
- in the hot seat
- in/on the hot seat
- like a (hot) knife through butter
- like a cat on a hot tin roof
- like a cat on hot bricks
- like a hot knife through butter
- like hot cakes, go
- make (one) hot under the collar
- make it hot for
- make it hot for (someone)
- make it hot for somebody
- make it hot for someone
- make things hot for (one)
- more something than someone has had hot dinners
- more than someone has had hot dinners
- more.../more often than somebody has had hot dinners
- not so hot
- not so hot at (something)
- not so/too hot
- not too hot
- on the hot seat
- piping hot
- play hide the hot dog
- put (one) on the hot seat
- red hot
- red-hot mama
- run hot and cold
- sell like hot cakes
- sell like hot cakes, to
- sell/go like hot cakes
- sit (up)on hot cockles
- slave over a hot stove
- strike while the iron is hot
- strike while the iron is hot, to
- strike whilst the iron is hot
- the (hot) skinny
- the block is hot
- the tea is piping hot
- too hot for (someone or something)
- too hot for somebody
- too hot to handle
- too hot to hold (someone)
- too hot to hold you
- wouldn't cut hot butter
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