horseradishn. heroin. (See also horse.)
Bart can get you some horseradish. Gert
is hooked on horseradish.
horsesn. horse power, as in an engine.
How many horses does this thing have?
Isn’t 400 horses a lot for just one car?
horse’s assn. a fool. (Rude and deroga-
tory.) My ex-husband was a real horse’s
ass. Stop being such a horse’s ass and lis-
ten to some sense.
horseshit 1. n. the dung of the horse.
(Usually objectionable.) After the pa-
rade, the street was littered with horseshit.
- n. nonsense; bullshit.(Usually objec-
tionable.) I’ve heard enough of your
horseshit! That’s just a lot of horseshit!
hose 1. n. the penis. (Usually objection-
able.) He held his hands over his hose
and ran for the bedroom. 2. tv. & in. to
copulate [with] a woman. (Usually ob-
jectionable.) You don’t like her, you just
want to hose her! 3. tv. to cheat or deceive
someone; to lie to someone. Don’t try
to hose me! I’m onto you! He’s just hos-
ing you! Ignore him.
hoser 1. n. a good guy or buddy. Old
Fred is a good hoser. He’ll help. 2. n. a
cheater or deceiver. You dirty lying
hoser! 3. n. a moron; a stupid acting per-
son. (Rude and derogatory.) Come
here, you hoser. I’ll show you how to do it.
Bob is such a hoser! He never gets any-
thing right.
hose someone downtv. to kill someone.
(Underworld. From the image of spray-
ing someone with bullets.) Mr. Big told
Bruno to hose Max down. TThe thugs
tried to hose down the witness.
hoskaGo to (ma)hoska.
hot 1. and hot under the collarmod. an-
gry. Don’t get so hot under the collar.
Chill, man. What a hot dude! Gee,
that guy is really hot. What did I do? 2.
mod. wanted by the police. (Under-
world.) Lefty is hot because of his part
in the bank job. Willie was hot and
wanted somebody to hide him. 3. mod.
stolen. This watch is hot. Keep it.
Rocko won’t touch a hot watch or anything
else hot. 4. mod. carrying contraband and
subject to arrest if caught. Albert was
hot and on the run. Lefty was hot and
needed a place to stay. 5. mod. having a
run of good luck in gambling. I’m hot
tonight! Here I go again. I was hot when
I started. I’m broke now. 6. mod. of great
renown; doing quite well for the time be-
ing. The opera tenor was hot, and even
the lowbrows would pay to hear him.
The dancer was hot and was offered movie
roles and all sorts of things. 7. mod. alco-
hol intoxicated. Wally was too hot to
stand up. 8. mod. selling well. These
things are really hot this season. Now,
here’s a hot item. 9. mod. sexy; sexually
arousing. Wow, who was that hot hunk
you were with?
hot airn. boasting; lying; nonsense. I’ve
heard enough of your hot air. That’s just
a lot of hot air. Ignore it.
hotbed of somethingn. a nest of some-
thing; a gathering place of something.
This office is a hotbed of lazy people. My
class is a hotbed of nerds.
hot checkn. a bad check. The crook got
picked up after passing a hot check. The
clerk got in trouble for taking a hot check.
Hot diggety (dog)![“hat “dIg@di (“dOg)] ex-
clam. Wow! Hot diggety dog! I won!
I made it on time. Hot diggety!
Hot dog!exclam. Wow! Hot dog! It’s my
turn. Look at that! Hot dog! It’s com-
ing this way!
hotdogin. to show off. The coach said,
“Stop hotdogging and play ball, you guys.”
It’s just like Wayne to hotdog when he
should be paying attention to the game.
hot headn. a person with a bad or quick
temper. Bart is a hot head. Watch out.
Don’t be such a hot head, Chuck.
hot item 1. n. an item that sells well.
This little thing is a hot item this season.
Now here’s a hot item that everybody is
looking for. 2. n. a romantically serious
couple. Sam and Mary are quite a hot
item lately. A hot item like Bill and
Clare isn’t likely to show up for the party.
hotkeyn. one or more keys on a computer
keyboard that will bring forth a specialhorseradish