Something that is hot has a high temperature.

Hot is used to describe the weather or the air in a room or building when the temperature is high.

If you are hot, you feel as if your body is at an unpleasantly high temperature.

You use hot to talk or ask about how high the temperature of something is.

Hot food is intended to be eaten as soon as it is cooked, as opposed to food that you eat when it has cooled or that you do not cook at all.

You can say that food is hot when it has a strong, burning taste caused by chillies, pepper, or ginger.

A hot issue or topic is one that is very important at the present time and is receiving a lot of publicity.

Hot news is new, recent, and fresh.

You can use hot to describe something that is very exciting and that many people want to see, use, obtain, or become involved with.

You can use hot to describe something that no one wants to deal with, often because it has been illegally obtained and is very valuable or famous.

You can describe a situation that is created by a person's behaviour or attitude as hot when it is unpleasant and difficult to deal with.

A hot contest is one that is intense and involves a great deal of activity and determination.

If a person or team is the hot favourite, people think that they are the one most likely to win a race or competition.

Someone who has a hot temper gets angry very quickly and easily.

If someone blows hot and cold, they keep changing their attitude towards something, sometimes being very enthusiastic and at other times expressing no interest at all.

If you are hot and bothered, you are so worried and anxious that you cannot think clearly or behave sensibly.

If you say that one person has the hots for another, you mean that they feel a strong sexual attraction to that person.