the hots
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9.9
- noun
- NSFW
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- Oh, you think she has the hots for you?
- got the hots
- still have the hots
- really have the hots
Like that Freudian slip is so funny because she has the hots for him so bad.
- Like that Freudian slip is so funny because she has the hots for him so bad.
Examples
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Frankly, I thought he had the hots for her.
Fiction book (2001) -
Hey, Doc, got the hots for Batman?
Fiction book (1995) -
- I know she had the hots for you.
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And besides, how often does one come across men who have the hots for way out here?
Fiction book (2001) -
Yeah, she's got the hots for the creep.
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I'd had the hots for her from afar for years, you understand.
Fiction book (1995) -
You probably don't know her, but Dex had the hots for her about two summers ago and still writes to her.
Blog text (22) -
Who's this bimbo Coop's got the hots for?
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Little girls sitting there in the movie palaces and the multiplexes have got the hots for him; boys pretend to loathe him, but secretly every blessed one of them would like to be just like him.
Fiction book (1998) -
I know she has the hots for you after how she keeps looking at you.
Synonyms
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3.3
A very strong sexual desire or attraction to someone
38
5.2
A very strong desire for something, often for things people see as forbidden
9
3.8
A strong wish to have sex with another person
5
3.2
A feeling of wanting to have sex with someone
5
4.2
A strong desire to have sex
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3.2
A feeling of romantic or sexual interest based on someone's looks
Antonyms
How Attracted
Surface Forms
Morphology
the + hots
The phrase is clearly linked to the adjective 'hot' (sexually attractive), so the sense of sexual attraction can be partially inferred from the constituent word. However, the form 'the hots' is a slangy nominalization and typically appears in the fixed collocation 'have the hots for', which is not a fully regular compositional pattern; therefore a B1 learner who only knows the constituent words may not predict the precise meaning or usage.
Etymology
The hots comes from the image of feeling hot inside, a warm, burning feeling when you really like someone. So, the hots means 'a strong sexual attraction or desire' for another person.