Hotter

adj, noun, verb, slang

adj, noun, verb, slang ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who steals a vehicle in order to joyride. UK, slang

    "Unable effectively to give chase to the hotters for fear of endangering the lives of pedestrians and motorists, the police had been forced to play a waiting game[…]"

  2. 2
    An industrial worker employed to heat something.

    "It was soon recognised that women rivet hotters complained the most; not only was this hot work, but noisy and dirty too."

Verb
  1. 1
    To vibrate; to rattle. Northern-England, UK, dated, dialectal

    "The jolting, hottering motion of the waggon, the splashing of the water, and the dark and narrow passage, all concur to produce a strange effect […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    comparative form of hot: more hot comparative, form-of

Synonyms

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heatedliveradioactivespicybakingblistering

Example

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"The crocodile, which produces only male young in hotter weather, might die out too because there will be no females to breed."

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