Crossword clues for hotter
hotter
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hot \Hot\, a. [Compar. Hotter; superl. Hottest.] [OE. hot, hat, AS. h[=a]t; akin to OS. h[=e]t, D. heet, OHG. heiz, G. heiss, Icel. heitr, Sw. het, Dan. heed, hed; cf. Goth. heit[=o] fever, hais torch. Cf. Heat.]
Having much sensible heat; exciting the feeling of warmth in a great degree; very warm; -- opposed to cold, and exceeding warm in degree; as, a hot stove; hot water or air. ``A hotvenison pasty.''
--Shak.-
Characterized by heat, ardor, or animation; easily excited; firely; vehement; passionate; violent; eager.
Achilles is impatient, hot, and revengeful.
--Dryden.There was mouthing in hot haste.
--Byron. Lustful; lewd; lecherous.
--Shak.-
Acrid; biting; pungent; as, hot as mustard.
Hot bed (Iron Manuf.), an iron platform in a rolling mill, on which hot bars, rails, etc., are laid to cool.
Hot wall (Gardening), a wall provided with flues for the conducting of heat, to hasten the growth of fruit trees or the ripening of fruit.
Hot well (Condensing Engines), a receptacle for the hot water drawn from the condenser by the air pump. This water is returned to the boiler, being drawn from the hot well by the feed pump.
In hot water (Fig.), in trouble; in difficulties. [Colloq.]
Syn: Burning; fiery; fervid; glowing; eager; animated; brisk; vehement; precipitate; violent; furious; ardent; fervent; impetuous; irascible; passionate; hasty; excitable.
Wiktionary
(en-comparativehot) n. (context UK slang English) One who steals a vehicle in order to joyride. v
(context UK dialect North England dated English) To vibrate; to rattle.
WordNet
See hot
adj. 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" [ant: cold]
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" [syn: raging]
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" [ant: cold]
(color) bold and intense; "hot pink"
sexually excited or exciting; "was hot for her"; "hot pants"
recently stolen or smuggled; "hot merchandise"; "a hot car"
very fast; "a blistering pace"; "got off to a hot start"; "in hot pursuit"; "a red-hot line drive" [syn: blistering, red-hot]
wanted by the police; "a hot suspect"
performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy; "a hot drummer"; "he's hot tonight"
having a piquant burning taste of spices or peppers; "gingery Chinese food"; "hot peppers"; "hot curry"; "corn chips with peppery salsa"; "spicy tomato sauce" [syn: gingery, peppery, spicy]
very popular or successful; "one of the hot young talents"; "cabbage patch dolls were hot last season"
very unpleasant or even dangerous; "make it hot for him"; "in the hot seat"; "in hot water"
newest or most recent; "news hot off the press"; "red-hot information" [syn: red-hot]
having or bringing unusually good luck; "hot at craps"; "the dice are hot tonight"
very good; often used in the negative; "he's hot at math but not so hot at history"
newly made; "a hot scent"
capable of quick response and great speed; "a hot sports car"
having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm; "hot for travel"
of a seeker; near to the object sought; "you're getting warm"; "hot on the trail" [syn: warm]
having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity; "hot fuel rods"; "a hot laboratory"
charged or energized with electricity; "a hot wire"; "a live wire" [syn: live]
marked by excited activity; "a hot week on the stock market"
Usage examples of "hotter".
As she entered the familiar channel between Amygdaloid Island and Belle Isle, and saw the ranger station snugged up safe from storms at the foot of the moss-covered cliff, she allowed herself one short dream of cholla cactus and skies without milky veils of moisture, of a sun with fire to it and food hotter even than that.
Hotter springs, lashing this superstructure with warm water, kept it in a perilous state of plasticity, so that chunks would break off from time to time, to fall clacking to the rock and gradually be washed away.
CHAPTER XVIII Hotter and Hotter grew that stifling spell, more and more languid man and beast, drier and drier the parching earth.
My love, indeed, was even hotter than it had been, since, only seeing her once a week and remaining faithful to her, I had always an abundant harvest to gather in.
It was hot, growing hotter, and he looked to the shade, moved that way.
Assuming that the sensing element in the sonde had remained in proper calibration, that could mean a sudden flow of hotter and therefore less dense rock into an area under the station.
Stage after stage, and lift after lift, the air getting ever closer and hotter until even the light tussore garments were intolerable and the sweat was pouring down into those rubber-soled slippers.
Among some of the religious mendicants in India there were some who were condemned to a life of chastity, and, in the hotter climates, where nudity was the custom, these persons traveled about exposing an enormous preputial ring, which was looked upon with adoration by devout women.
Tom and his dad decided on a large plate of nachos and the house salsa, reputed to be hotter than hades, to occupy us until the rest of the food arrived.
Her eyes strayed to Steve Sheppard, and she blushed hotter than the ovenlike air around her.
The island rocked steadily along through the alternations of sun and moon under an empty sky, the air about them still and hot, hotter and stiller the farther south they went.
From my observations while it was thawing out, and the bits of tissue I cut and hardened then, I think it was native to a hotter planet than Earth.
The torps are enough hotter than the planet to show up like novae, when we happen to start them from the ship just outside the atmosphere.
The coolness of early morning had been the only respite, and as the day grew hotter and more sultry, it was necessary to remain alert lest an uncautious moment destroy the best of plans.
Glass lamp mantles cracked as the flames leaped higher and hotter, lighting the room as bright as unsheltered noon.