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hot
1. having a relatively high temperature
2. Ball games (of a ball) thrown or struck hard, and so difficult to respond to
3. Informal having a dangerously high level of radioactivity
4. (of a colour) intense; striking
5. Informal at a dangerously high electric potential
6. Physics having an energy level higher than that of the ground state
7. Jazz slang arousing great excitement or enthusiasm by inspired improvisation, strong rhythms, etc.
8. (in various searching or guessing games) very near the answer or object to be found
9. Metallurgy (of a process) at a sufficiently high temperature for metal to be in a soft workable state
hot [hät]
(electricity)
energized
(physics)
Having or charged with high energy, such as high thermal energy or a high level of radioactivity.
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The saucy antics will leave boss Bill Cullen hot under the collar when all is revealed in a showdown that will shock viewers.
APPRENTICE HOUSE SEX ROMPS; Saucy TV showdown set to rock boss ... by The Mirror (London, England)
PATIENTS at a city hospital have been getting hot under the collar about being made to wait for blood tests in unbearable heat.
Outpatients sweltering by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
Your Stryker's going to get a little hot under the collar if you don't keep an eye on coolant levels, drivers.
Coolant levels are critical by PS, the Preventive Maintenance Monthly
 
 
 
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