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hot wheels

hot wheels noun: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hot, wheel. Also the alternative letter-case form of Hot Wheels.

Noun (1)

hot wheels

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hot, wheel.

Noun (2) capitalized: Hot Wheels

Hot Wheels sg or pl (attributive Hot Wheel)

  1. (informal, plural, singular) A scale model car created by Hot Wheels.
    • I would like you to bring me a G. I. Joe, a hot wheels,^([sic]) Movie^([sic]) projector, bike and Spirograph.^([sic])1969 December 18, Howard McCoy, quotee, “Letters to Santa Claus”, in The Herald, page 21
    • But what is this contraption Greg Donaldson finished a month ago? That, says Donaldson, is the first question most people ask when they spot the red object that looks like a cross between a Hot Wheels and a Star Wars spaceship.1989 October 30, Jenny Labalme, “Donaldson's car is 'one-of-a-kind'”, in The Anniston Star, page 5A
    Synonyms:
    Hot Wheel

Proper noun capitalized: Hot Wheels

Hot Wheels

  1. (derogatory, slang) Nickname for a person who uses a wheelchair.
    1. (US, derogatory, slang, specifically) Nickname for Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas.
      • Rep. Jasmine Crockett, who seemingly made fun of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, is now claiming that her comments referring to him as "Governor Hot Wheels" while speaking at a banquet in Los Angeles on Saturday were not about Abbott's disability, but rather "his terrible policies."2025 March 26, Lalee Ibssa and Jon Haworth, “Rep. Jasmine Crockett defends 'Governor Hot Wheels' comments about Abbott amid censure threat”, in ABC News

Noun (3) capitalized: Hot Wheels

Hot Wheels

  1. (derogatory, plural, slang) plural of Hot Wheel.

Also used as

hot wheels is also the alternative letter-case form of Hot Wheels.

hot wheels is also the plural of hot wheel.

Synonyms of hot wheels

Forms of hot wheels

attributiveHot Wheel
alternative formhot wheels

Origin of hot wheels

From Hot Wheels, an American brand of scale model cars invented and coined by Elliot Handler and introduced by his company Mattel on 18 May 1968; likely from hot rod (“a passenger vehicle modified to run and/or accelerate faster”) + wheels (“an automobile or other vehicle”), as the company was made to produce fantasy hot rods, but also proposed to be from hot (“very good, remarkable, exciting; nice”) + wheels due to the uniqueness of the cars. The proper noun sense, specifically about the American politician Greg Abbott, is from his use of a wheelchair since a paralyzing accident in 1984.

Questions about hot wheels

What does hot wheels mean?
Hot wheels means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hot, wheel.
What part of speech is hot wheels?
Hot wheels can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near hot wheels in the dictionary

  1. hot waxing
  2. hot waxings
  3. hot well
  4. hot wells
  5. hot wheel
  6. hot wheels
  7. hot whiskey
  8. hot whiskeys
  9. hot whiskies
  10. hot whisky
  11. hot wiener

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hot wheels (page history and authors); Hot Wheels (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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