Crossword clues for hottest
hottest
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
a. (en-superlativehot)
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 "hottest".
Some of our assault units which are thrown in, like a fire brigade, wherever the fighting is hottest have to be withdrawn.
Ervin for depriving them of their daily soap operas -- but after two or three weeks the Senate Watergate hearings were the hottest thing on television.
A cluster of motorcycles stood near the door, but the hottest one in the lot was a mild-mannered 250 Yamaha.
So saying, the King of the Golden River turned away and deliberately walked into the center of the hottest flame of the furnace.
He lay a long time to rest on the grass, after he had got over, and began to climb the hill just in the hottest part of the day.
Off for San Francisco--Western and Eastern Landscapes--The Hottest place on Earth--Summer and Winter CHAPTER LVII.
He thought that a run of three hundred yards would carry us over the hottest part of the floor and leave us our shoe-soles.
I am very nervous indeed when Big Jule pops into my hotel room one afternoon, because anybody will tell you that Big Jule is the hottest guy in the whole world at the time I am speaking about.
Well, damn Faulconer, who had made Swynyard set Starbuck in the forefront of the hottest battle that he might be smitten and die.
It had been one of the hottest summers in living memory, yet today it seemed as though the heat would reach new heights of discomfort.
Patroclus builds up the fire for a minute and then scatters the embers and sets the spits across the hottest part of the fire, salting each strip again.
People think that they told me something altogether new and sufficient when they said that it is a port of call for the French mail steamers, and one of the hottest places in the world!
I was assured they were the hottest sellers and especially popular with tourists who would be heading back into the outlier worlds.
Before he went into it he sent for his thermos flask which he had left in the dressing-room and took it into the hottest room with him.
About two minutes later Willoughton came out of the hottest room, scowling, walked through the hot room into the shampooing room and put himself into the hands of one of the shampooers.