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hots

hots noun: a condition of physical attraction toward (for) someone. Also the third-person singular simple present indicative of hot.

Noun (1)

the hots pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only, slang) A condition of physical attraction toward (for) someone.
    • I mean, this girl obviously has the hots for you man. Why do you think she's calling you?2002 March 11, Michael Chapman; Matthew Chapman, “Strong Bad Email #17: studying”, in Homestar Runner, spoken by Strong Bad (Matthew Chapman)

Noun (2) capitalized: HOTs

HOTs

  1. (plural) plural of HOT

Also used as

hots is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of hot.

Words formed from hots

Phrases with hots

Questions about hots

What does hots mean?
Hots means a condition of physical attraction toward (for) someone.
What part of speech is hots?
Hots is a noun.

Words near hots in the dictionary

  1. hotrod
  2. hotrodder
  3. hotrodders
  4. hotrods
  5. hotrs
  6. hots
  7. hots up
  8. hotsauce
  9. hotsauces
  10. hotseat
  11. hotseats

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hots (page history and authors); HOTs (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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