hot potato
A child's game in which players pass a ball or other item between them, with the object of avoiding being left holding the item when time expires.
hot
UK /hɔt/ US /hɒt/
adj 6noun 6adv 3verb 2
Definitions
adj
1
Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.
He forgot that the frying pan was hot and burned his hand.
It is too hot to be outside.
2
Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.
I was so hot from being in the sun too long.
Aren't you hot with that thick coat on?
3
Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.
4
Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).
The microphone was hot and the show was on the air.
So I just blurted out, "This is really a fucking way to make a living, huh?" […] The microphone was hot, and I knew I was in trouble. The radio management came to my house and suspended me immediately.
5
Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).
a hot wire
adv
1
Hotly; at a high temperature.
Oak burns hot and lasts a long time. Its smoke is a medium to heavy flavor but not too overpowering. It leaves a buttersmooth, nutty finish.
2
Rapidly, quickly.
Whatever happened, braking into the next-to-last hairpin, a blue-sky turn called Cog Cut, Durelle went in too hot.
He went in hotter than he could have, the Cforce snugging him into the bucket seat. At the first switchback, there was already a hundred-foot drop-off […]
3
While shooting, while firing one's weapon(s).
to come in hot; to go in hot
We would pop over the riverbank and come down hot (shooting) on a designated target. […] We started rolling in hot with rockets, then suddenly we started taking fire from the […]
verb
1
To heat; to make or become hot.
2
To become lively or exciting.
Turf war's hotting up.
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