to hot
- verb
- /hɑt/
- To make the soup, we have to hot it on the stove until it's boiling.
Examples
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The dance floor is hotting up!
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You put the pot under it, it turns it hot, turns the water red.
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Get your your pan hot, add a little oil to that.
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Here, help yourself to coffee, it's just hotting up.
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Afterwards, I'll have to hot foot it to Chicago to give some talks at the ABA's headquarters.
Academic text (1994) -
Before frying the vegetables, remember to hot the oil in the pan.
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I need to hot the water for a cup of tea.
Synonyms
To make something hot or warmer
Become or make something less cold
To make something hot or warm
To become warm
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Do something quickly to use a good chance before it ends
- Informal
To feel very excited about something and then lose interest often
Very nervous and unable to stay still because of worry or excitement
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Informal
A position where someone is under strong pressure and criticism because of their responsibilities
- Specialized
A sudden hot feeling and heavy sweating that often happens during menopause
A small portable electric cooker with one or two burners for cooking and keeping food warm
A container filled with hot water to warm a bed or soothe a part of the body
A warm drink of alcohol, hot water, sugar and spices often used to soothe a sore throat
- Specialized
A way of sending detailed information that needs little effort from people who receive it, like radio or film
A park in Arkansas with natural hot springs people visit for bathing and health
A plant with cream colored flowers that grows in rocky soil in the western United States
- Specialized
A type of metal that stays hard at high temperatures used to make cutting tools like drills
How Hot
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hot as a verb comes from the same root as the adjective and the word heat, meaning 'to make warm', so to 'hot' something simply means to make it hot or to warm it up.