hot up en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(Ireland, UK) To heat up: ▸ To increase in temperature.
Wait for the water to hot up before adding the salt.
I hotted up my scones.
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(Ireland, UK, informal) To heat up: ▸ To become more heated.
The choice of a new leader hots up.
Bayern München hotted up the title race with a win.
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(Ireland, UK, informal) To heat up: ▸ To make or become more sexually appealing, enticing or exciting.
We move to Twankey's launderette, where the Aladdin/Bathroomdoor romance hots up.
1997, Theatre Record, volume 17, numbers 18-26, page 1644:Arvind and Shiela's romance hotted up.
2001, Sayan Chatterjee, It all adds up to love, page 40:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hotted up | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| hotted up | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| hotting up | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| hots up | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Synonyms
heat up (to increase in temperature) · warm up (to increase in temperature) · sex up (to make more sexually appealing)