hot

Adjective

• marked by excited activity
  • a hot week on the stock market
    

• charged or energized with electricity
  • a hot wire
    
  • a live wire
    

• having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity
  • hot fuel rods
    
  • a hot laboratory
    

• of a seeker; very near to the object sought
  • you are hot
    

• having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm
  • hot for travel
    

• newly made
  • a hot scent
    

• very good; often used in the negative
  • he's hot at math but not so hot at history
    

• having or bringing unusually good luck
  • hot at craps
    
  • the dice are hot tonight
    

• newest or most recent
  • news hot off the press
    
  • red-hot information
    

• very unpleasant or even dangerous
  • make it hot for him
    
  • in the hot seat
    
  • in hot water
    

• very popular or successful
  • one of the hot young talents
    
  • cabbage patch dolls were hot last season
    

• performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy
  • a hot drummer
    
  • he's hot tonight
    

• producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves
  • hot salsa
    
  • jalapeno peppers are very hot
    

• wanted by the police
  • a hot suspect
    

• very fast; capable of quick response and great speed
  • a hot sports car
    
  • a blistering pace
    
  • got off to a hot start
    
  • in hot pursuit
    
  • a red-hot line drive
    

• recently stolen or smuggled
  • hot merchandise
    
  • a hot car
    

• sexually excited or exciting
  • was hot for her
    
  • hot pants
    

• (color) bold and intense
  • hot pink
    

• extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm
  • a hot temper
    
  • a hot topic
    
  • a hot new book
    
  • a hot love affair
    
  • a hot argument
    

• characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense
  • the fighting became hot and heavy
    
  • a hot engagement
    
  • a raging battle
    
  • the river became a raging torrent
    

• 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
  • hot stove
    
  • hot water
    
  • a hot August day
    
  • a hot stuffy room
    
  • she's hot and tired
    
  • a hot forehead
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  live , red-hot , spicy , blistering , raging