hots

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

the hots pl (plural only)

1. (slang) A condition of physical attraction toward (for) someone.
   • 2002 March 11, Michael Chapman; Matthew Chapman, “Strong Bad Email #17: studying”, in Homestar Runner‎^[1], spoken by Strong Bad (Matthew Chapman):

     I mean, this girl obviously has the hots for you man. Why do you think she's calling you?

Derived terms

• have the hots for

Verb

hots

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hot

See also

• hot
• three hots and a cot

Anagrams

• Soth, TOSH, Thos., Tosh, host, oths, shot, tosh

Basque

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hot͡s̺/ [hot͡s̺]

 

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /ot͡s̺/ [ot͡s̺]

• IPA^(key): (Gipuzkoan, Navarrese) /ot͡s̺/ [ot͡s̺]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /ot͡s̻/ [ot͡s̻]

 

• Rhymes: -ots̺

• Rhymes: -ots̺
• Rhymes: -ots̻

• Hyphenation: hots

Noun

hots inan

1. sound, noise
2. tone
3. fame, renown

   Synonym: ospe

Declension

Declension of hots (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	hots	hotsa	hotsak
ergative	hotsek	hotsak	hotsek
dative	hotsi	hotsari	hotsei
genitive	hotsen	hotsaren	hotsen
comitative	hotsekin	hotsarekin	hotsekin
causative	hotsengatik	hotsarengatik	hotsengatik
benefactive	hotsentzat	hotsarentzat	hotsentzat
instrumental	hotsez	hotsaz	hotsez
inessive	hotsetan	hotsean	hotsetan
locative	hotsetako	hotseko	hotsetako
allative	hotsetara	hotsera	hotsetara
terminative	hotsetaraino	hotseraino	hotsetaraino
directive	hotsetarantz	hotserantz	hotsetarantz
destinative	hotsetarako	hotserako	hotsetarako
ablative	hotsetatik	hotsetik	hotsetatik
partitive	hotsik	—	—
prolative	hostzat	—	—

Derived terms

• ahots (“voice”)

See also

• hotz, with which this word forms a minimal pair

Further reading

• “hots”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “hots”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Spanish

Adjective

hots m pl or f pl

1. plural of hot

Swedish

Noun

hots

1. indefinite genitive singular of hot
2. indefinite genitive plural of hot

Anagrams

• shot