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hotter

hotter is the comparative form of hot.

Noun

hotter (plural hotters)

  1. (UK, slang) One who steals a vehicle in order to joyride.
    • Unable effectively to give chase to the hotters for fear of endangering the lives of pedestrians and motorists, the police had been forced to play a waiting game[…]1992, David P. Waddington, Contemporary Issues in Public Disorder, page 209
  2. An industrial worker employed to heat something.
    • It was soon recognised that women rivet hotters complained the most; not only was this hot work, but noisy and dirty too.2012, Peter Timms, In and Around Swindon Works

Meaning of hot

Adjective

hot (comparative hotter, superlative hottest)

  1. Having or giving off a high temperature.
    • He forgot that the frying pan was hot and burned his hand.
    Synonyms:
    heated
  2. Feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.
    • I was so hot from being in the sun too long.
  3. Feverish; feeling a high fever.
  4. Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).
    • The microphone was hot and the show was on the air.2004, Phillip Moore, Sealed for a Purpose, page 213
    1. (US, not comparable) Electrically charged.
      • a hot wire
    2. (informal) Radioactive.

See all 34 meanings of hot

Verb

hotter (third-person singular simple present hotters, present participle hottering, simple past and past participle hottered)

  1. (Northern England, UK, dated, dialectal) To vibrate; to rattle.
    • The jolting, hottering motion of the waggon, the splashing of the water, and the dark and narrow passage, all concur to produce a strange effect […]1833, Thomas Sopwith, An account of the mining districts of Alston Moor, Weardale and Teesdale in Cumberland and Durham, page 137

Forms of hotter

Noun
pluralhotters
Verb
third-person singular presenthotters
present participlehottering
past participlehottered
pasthottered

Phrases with hotter

Words that rhyme with hotter

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Questions about hotter

What does hotter mean?
Hotter means one who steals a vehicle in order to joyride.
What is hotter the comparative form of?
Hotter is the comparative form of hot.
What part of speech is hotter?
Hotter can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of hotter?
The plural of hotter is hotters.

Words near hotter in the dictionary

  1. Hottentotism
  2. Hottentotisms
  3. Hottentots
  4. hotteok
  5. hotteoks
  6. hotter
  7. hotter than a pistol
  8. hotter than a two dollar pistol
  9. hotter than a two-dollar pistol
  10. hotter under the collar
  11. hotter-blooded

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