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running hot

running hot is the present participle and gerund of run hot.

Meaning of run hot

Verb

run hot (third-person singular simple present runs hot, present participle running hot, simple past ran hot, past participle run hot)

  1. To produce excessive heat while operating.
    • No. 5964, Patriot, made a brief appearance, but had an addiction to running hot, and was soon returned to the Western Division.1943 March and April, “Notes and News: Locomotive Notes”, in Railway Magazine, page 120
  2. To run ahead of schedule.
    • 8. Running hot1996, Rolland D. King, Bus Occupant Safety, Transportation Research Board, p. 55, Appendix H: Compromises Made by Operators to Maintain Schedules

Questions about running hot

What is running hot the present participle and gerund of?
Running hot is the present participle and gerund of run hot.

Words near running hot in the dictionary

  1. running headings
  2. running headline
  3. running headlines
  4. running heads
  5. running high
  6. running hot
  7. running hot and cold
  8. running hyena
  9. running in
  10. running in the family
  11. running in with

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