hotting-up
/ˌhɒtɪŋˈʌp/noun
An increase in tension, excitement, passion, etc.; an intensification. Compare to hot up.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in The Times. From hot + -ing + up, after to hot up.
- corpuscular
- corpus delicti
- corpus linguistics
- corpus luteum
- corpus spongiosum
- corpus striatum
- corr.
- corral
- correct
- correctable
- correction
- correctional
- correction fluid
- correction officer
- correctitude
- corrective
- correctively
- correctly
- correctness
- corrector
- Correggio, Antonio Allegri da
- Corregidor
- correlate
- correlation
- correlational