hotten
hotten verb: to make hot.
Verb
hotten (third-person singular simple present hottens, present participle hottening, simple past and past participle hottened)
- To make hot
- Jackson nodded gravely. He looked so vain and upright and godly that Hooch couldn't resist it, he hottened up the chair under Jackson just a little, just enough that Jackson had to wiggle his butt.2009, Orson Scott Card, Red Prophet: The Tales of Alvin Maker, page 22
Proper noun capitalized: Hotten
Hotten (plural Hottens)
- A surname.
Forms of hotten
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | hottens |
| present participle | hottening |
| past participle | hottened |
| past | hottened |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Hottens |
Origin of hotten
From hot + -en.
Variant of Hutton.
Words that rhyme with hotten
Questions about hotten
- What does hotten mean?
- Hotten means to make hot.
- What part of speech is hotten?
- Hotten can be a verb or a proper noun.
- What is the past tense of hotten?
- The past tense of hotten is hottened.
Words near hotten in the dictionary
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