Lexic.us

Definition of Hot up

1. Verb. Gain heat or get hot. "The water hot ups "; "The room heated up quickly"

2. Verb. Make more intense. "Emotions were screwed up"

3. Verb. Make more powerful. "He souped up the old cars"

Definition of Hot up

1. Verb. (British) to increase in temperature ¹

2. Verb. (idiomatic) to become more heated ¹

3. Verb. To make more sexually appealing or enticing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hot Up

hot taps hot tear hot tearing hot thyroid nodule hot ticket hot tickets hot toddy hot trod hot tub hot tube

hot tubes hot tubs hot under the collar hot under the collar(p) hot wall hot war hot wars hot water hot water bottle hot water bottles

hot water heater hot water heaters hot water plant hot wave hot waves hot weather hot well hot whiskey

Literary usage of Hot up

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The London Magazine, Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer (1780)
"... were (hot up to a wonderful height, certainly not lefs than two ... at this moment, a" foun'- tain of tire was (hot up to an incredible height, ..."

2. Plumbing and House Drainage Problems: A Selection of Articles for Practical (1904)
"This makes a hot "up-leg" and a cooler "down-leg," insuring a ... The circulation to the second boiler (same diagram) is also up, making a long hot "up- leg ..."

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