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hot up

hot up verb: to increase in temperature.

Verb

hot up (third-person singular simple present hots up, present participle hotting up, simple past and past participle hotted up)

  1. (Ireland, UK) To increase in temperature.
    • Wait for the water to hot up before adding the salt.
    • I hotted up my scones.
    Synonyms:
    heat up, warm up
  2. (Ireland, UK, informal) To become more heated.
    • The choice of a new leader hots up.
    • Bayern München hotted up the title race with a win.
  3. (Ireland, UK, informal) To make or become more sexually appealing, enticing or exciting.
    • We move to Twankey's launderette, where the Aladdin/Bathroomdoor romance hots up.1997, Theatre Record, volume 17, numbers 18-26, page 1644
    • Arvind and Shiela's romance hotted up.2001, Sayan Chatterjee, It all adds up to love, page 40
    Synonyms:
    sex up

Synonyms of hot up

Forms of hot up

third-person singular presenthots up
present participlehotting up
past participlehotted up
pasthotted up

Questions about hot up

What does hot up mean?
Hot up means to increase in temperature.
What part of speech is hot up?
Hot up is a verb.
What is the past tense of hot up?
The past tense of hot up is hotted up.

Words near hot up in the dictionary

  1. hot tubbers
  2. hot tube
  3. hot tubes
  4. hot tubs
  5. hot under the collar
  6. hot up
  7. hot wall
  8. hot wallet
  9. hot wallets
  10. hot walls
  11. hot war

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