hot

adj

1. Acronym of high occupancy or toll.

adv

Etymology: From Middle English hot, hat, from Old English hāt (“hot”), from Proto-West Germanic *hait, from Proto-Germanic *haitaz (“hot”), from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- (“hot; to heat”). Cognate with Scots hate, hait (“hot”), North Frisian hiet (“hot”), Saterland Frisian heet (“hot”), West Frisian hjit (“hot”), Dutch heet (“hot”), German Low German heet (“hot”), German heiß, heiss (“hot”), Danish hed (“hot”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish het (“hot”), Faroese and Icelandic heitur (“hot”). Related to heat. Superseded non-native Middle English chaud, from Old French chaut (“hot”); and early Modern English calent, from Latin calēns (“hot”).

1. Hotly; at a high temperature.

   “Oak burns hot and lasts a long time. Its smoke is a medium to heavy flavor but not too overpowering. It leaves a buttersmooth, nutty finish.”

2. Rapidly, quickly.

   “Whatever happened, braking into the next-to-last hairpin, a blue-sky turn called Cog Cut, Durelle went in too hot.”

   “He went in hotter than he could have, the Cforce snugging him into the bucket seat. At the first switchback, there was already a hundred-foot drop-off […]”

3. While shooting, while firing one's weapon(s).

   “to come in hot; to go in hot”

   “We would pop over the riverbank and come down hot (shooting) on a designated target. […] We started rolling in hot with rockets, then suddenly we started taking fire from the […]”

noun

1. Acronym of hybrid-orientation technology (“CMOS fabrication technology that uses PMOS and NMOS substrates with differing orientations”).
2. Acronym of hybrid-orientation technique, a technique that applies the technology.
3. Acronym of high-output turbo (turbocharger).
4. Acronym of high occupancy or toll lane.

   “If a HOT lane alternative is chosen as the preferred alternative (Build Alternatives 4A, 4B. 5A, 5B, 6A, or 6B), then additional advanced HOT lane signs will need to be placed from I-80/El Camino Avenue to I-80/Truxel Road and between US-50/I-5 and US-50/SR-99 (Sac 80 PM M1.4/3.64 and SAC 50 PM L0.60/R0.20).”

5. Initialism of health over time: a status effect that restores health points as time passes.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English hot, hat, from Old English hāt (“hot”), from Proto-West Germanic *hait, from Proto-Germanic *haitaz (“hot”), from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- (“hot; to heat”). Cognate with Scots hate, hait (“hot”), North Frisian hiet (“hot”), Saterland Frisian heet (“hot”), West Frisian hjit (“hot”), Dutch heet (“hot”), German Low German heet (“hot”), German heiß, heiss (“hot”), Danish hed (“hot”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish het (“hot”), Faroese and Icelandic heitur (“hot”). Related to heat. Superseded non-native Middle English chaud, from Old French chaut (“hot”); and early Modern English calent, from Latin calēns (“hot”).

1. To heat; to make or become hot.
2. To become lively or exciting.

   “Turf war's hotting up.”