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hot under the collar
hot H0290000 (hŏt)adj. hot·ter, hot·test 1. a. Having or giving off heat; capable of burning.b. Being at a high temperature.2. Being at or exhibiting a temperature that is higher than normal or desirable: a hot forehead.3. Causing a burning sensation, as in the mouth; spicy: hot peppers; a hot curry.4. a. Charged or energized with electricity: a hot wire.b. Radioactive or designed to use radioactive materials.5. a. Marked by intensity of emotion; ardent or fiery: a hot temper.b. Having or displaying great enthusiasm; eager: hot for travel.6. a. Informal Arousing intense interest, excitement, or controversy: a hot new book; a hot topic.b. Informal Marked by excited activity or energy: a hot week on the stock market.c. Violent; raging: a hot battle.7. Slang a. Sexually attractive.b. Sexually attracted; full of desire: In this week's show, the surgeon is really hot for the new intern.c. Sexually aroused.8. Slang a. Recently stolen: a hot car.b. Wanted by the police: a hot suspect.9. Close to a successful solution or conclusion: hot on the trail.10. Informal a. Most recent; new or fresh: a hot news item; the hot fashions for fall.b. Currently very popular or successful: one of the hottest young talents around.c. Requiring immediate action or attention: a hot opportunity.11. Slang Very good or impressive. Often used in the negative: I'm not so hot at math.12. Slang Funny or absurd: told a hot one about the neighbors' dog.13. Slang a. Performing with great skill and daring: a hot drummer.b. Having or characterized by repeated successes: a player who is on a hot streak.c. Fast and responsive: a hot sports car.d. Unusually lucky: hot at craps.14. Music Of, relating to, or being an emotionally charged style of performance marked by strong rhythms and improvisation: hot jazz.15. Bold and bright.adv.1. In a hot manner; hotly.2. While hot: foods that are best eaten hot.tr.v. hot·ted, hot·ting, hots Informal To cause to increase in intensity or excitement. Often used with up: "His book is an exercise in the fashionable art of instant history, in which every episode is hotted up with an anecdote" (Harper's).Idioms: hot and bothered Informal In a state of agitated excitement; flustered: all hot and bothered before the opening performance. hot and heavy1. Informal Passionate or intense: Interest in the new stock was hot and heavy.2. Characterized by or engaging in amorous or sexual activity. hot to trot Slang 1. Sexually avid; lascivious.2. Ready and willing; eager. hot under the collar Informal Angry. make it hot for Slang To make things uncomfortable or dangerous for: Don't make it hot for yourself by needlessly finding fault.
[Middle English, from Old English hāt; see kai- in Indo-European roots.]
hot′ness n.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | hot under the collar - very angrycolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechangry - feeling or showing anger; "angry at the weather"; "angry customers"; "an angry silence"; "sending angry letters to the papers" |
hot under the collar
hot under the collarAngry. I'm sorry I got hot under the collar just then, I have a hard time hearing criticism about my novel. The way you kids deliberately disobey me makes me hot under the collar!See also: collar, hothot under the collarFig. very angry. The boss was really hot under the collar when you told him you lost the contract. I get hot under the collar every time I think about it.See also: collar, hothot under the collarAngry, as in She is quick to get hot under the collar, but once the problem is ironed out she forgets it entirely . This expression alludes to the heat of anger. [c. 1900] See also: collar, hothot under the collar angry, resentful, or embarrassed. 1995 Edward Toman Dancing in Limbo It seems that the gentleman in question has been getting very hot under the collar of late about our public image. See also: collar, hothot under the ˈcollar (informal) annoyed, embarrassed or excited: He gets very hot under the collar if people disagree with him.See also: collar, hothot under the collar verbSee hotSee also: collar, hot hot under the collar Informal Angry.See also: collar, hothot under the collar, to beTo be upset, agitated, angry. The heat of anger has been noted since ancient times, and it often manifests itself in a flushed, warm face and neck. The precise expression here has been used since the late nineteenth century, when high collars were still in fashion for men. It was well known enough by 1907 for O. Henry to play on it: “That makes Alice warm under the lace yoke” (The Sphinx Apple). “Then shall our names, familiar in his mouth as household words, Harry the king, Bedford and Exeter. . . .” —William Shakespeare, HenryVSee also: hotEncyclopediaSeehotFinancialSeeHothot under the collar
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