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hotting up

hotting up is the present participle and gerund of hot up.

Meaning of hot up

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.
    Synonyms:
    heat up, warm up
  2. (Ireland, UK, informal) To become more heated.
    • The choice of a new leader hots up.
  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
    Synonyms:
    sex up

Questions about hotting up

What is hotting up the present participle and gerund of?
Hotting up is the present participle and gerund of hot up.

Words near hotting up in the dictionary

  1. hottie
  2. hottie potatie
  3. hottieness
  4. hotties
  5. hotting
  6. hotting up
  7. Hottinger
  8. Hottingers
  9. hottish
  10. Hottle
  11. Hottles

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