have the hots for en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic, slang, transitive) To be attracted (sexually or romantically) to (someone); to fancy someone.
“How was Hubertus? Bernard thought he might have the hots for you, to put it bluntly.”
2003, William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (Bigend cycle; book 1), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 87:Whoa. Wait a minute, Doc. Are you trying to tell me that my mother has got the hots for me?
1985, Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, Back to the Future, spoken by Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox):I met this chick and she just moved right up the block from me / And uh, she got the hots for me
2002, “Dilemma”, in Nellyville, performed by Nelly ft. Kelly Rowland:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| had the hots for | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| had the hots for | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| having the hots for | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| has the hots for | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Translations (4)
cmn 喜歡 /喜欢 (be attracted to someone) · fi olla pihkassa (be attracted to someone) · es encoñar (be attracted to someone) · pl lecieć (be attracted to someone)