computer applications program. (Com-
puters.) The hotkeys for my thesaurus
are controland F2. Press the hotkey to
bring up a calendar.hot number 1. n. an exciting piece of mu-
sic. Now here’s a hot number by the
Wanderers. Another hot number after
this message. 2. n. an attractive or sexy
girl or woman. She’s quite a hot num-
ber. Who’s that hot number I saw you
with last night?
hot papern. bad checks; a bad check. (Un-
derworld. See also hot check.) Tra c y
got caught passing hot paper. That teller
can spot hot paper a mile away.
hot potaton. a difficult problem. I sure
don’t want to have to deal with that hot
potato. This one is a hot potato. Ignore
it for a while.
(hot) rodn. a car that has been customized
for power and speed by the owner. My
rod’ll outrun yours any day. Is that a hot
rod or a junk heap?
hot seatn. the electric chair. (Underworld.
See also in the hot seat.) Lefty, you’re
headed for the hot seat. The hot seat is
just waiting for you, Lefty.
hot shitn. a male who thinks he is the
greatest person alive; a conceited male.
(Probably also used for females. Used
with or without a. Usually objection-
able.) You’re not such a hot shit! The
jerk thinks he is real hot shit.
hotshot 1. n. an important and energetic
person. (Often used sarcastically. Also a
term of address.) If you’re such a hot-
shot, why not straighten out the whole
thing? Look, hotshot, get busy, will you?
- and hot-shotmod. brilliant; great.
Wally is becoming a real hot-shot tenor
with the local opera company. So, you’re
the hot-shot guy who’s going to straighten
this place out?
(hot) skinnyn. inside information.
What’s the skinny on the tower clock?
I’ve got the hot skinny on Mary and her
boyfriend.
hot stuffn. a person who acts superior (to
others). (Also a term of address.) What
makes you think you’re such hot stuff?
Hey, hot stuff, come down here and say
that.
hotsy-totsy[“hatsi”tatsi] mod. fine; great.
Well, isn’t that just hotsy-totsy. I don’t
feel so hotsy-totsy.
hottien. a sexually attractive person.
He’s a real hottie! I wonder if he’s taken.
hot tipn. a special bit of information that
ought to be reliable. Ted got a hot tip
on a horse. I phoned in a hot tip about
a news story to the papers.
hot under the collarGo to hot.
hot wiretv. to start a car without a key.
Lefty hot wired the car and used it for an
hour or two. Isn’t it illegal to hot wire a
car?
Hot ziggety![“hat “zIg@di] exclam. Wow!
Hot ziggety! I made it! The plane’s on
time! Hot ziggety!
house mossn. little blobs of lint. (See also
ghost turd.) There is some house moss
under the sofa. Sweep up this house
moss, please.
house of many doorsn. a prison. Bart
faced a sentence of a few years in the house
of many doors. Sam just got out of the
house of many doors and is looking for
somebody to pull a job with.
How does that grab you?interrog. What
do you think of that? Looks good, okay?
How does that grab you? How does that
grab you? Enough salt?
howdyinterj. hello. (Folksy.) Howdy,
friend. Well, howdy. Long time, no see.
How goes it?interrog. How are you?; How
are things going? Nice to see you. How
goes it? How goes it? Everything okay?
howl 1. n. something funny. What a
howl the surprise party turned out to be
when the guest of honor didn’t show up.
The gag was a real howl. 2. in. to laugh
very hard. Everybody howled at my
mistake. John howled when the joke was
told.
howlern. a serious and funny mistake.
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