hotter

¹

[ hot-er ]

verb (used without object)

Scot. and North England.

1. to vibrate up and down; shake, totter, or rattle, as a plate on a shelf.
2. to stammer.

hotter

²

[ hot-er ]

adjective

1. comparative of hot.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hotter¹

1790–1800; < early Dutch dialect hotteren, frequentative with -er- of Middle Dutch hotten to shake; akin to hotch

Example Sentences

After a taste of warm weather over the weekend, Southern Californians should prepare for an even hotter rest of the week, as heat is forecast to continue building across the region through at least Friday.

From Los Angeles Times

Since its inception in 2015, First We Feast’s “Hot Ones” — “the show with hot questions and even hotter wings” — has featured over 300 celebrities, including actors, comedians, musicians and athletes.

From Salon

And the Mucubal group feel the effects of climate change as the desert they live in gets hotter and drier.

From BBC

“All of a sudden, that’s what happened on the mountain. I could tell the embers were getting hotter and hotter, and eventually, the mountain blew up in flames.”

From Los Angeles Times

Once, Hall got a call from NBA commissioner David Stern, whom, he says, was “hotter than a pistol.”

From Los Angeles Times

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