"hot up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: hots up [present, singular, third-person], hotting up [participle, present], hotted up [participle, past], hotted up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} hot up (third-person singular simple present hots up, present participle hotting up, simple past and past participle hotted up)
  1. To heat up:
    (British, Ireland) To increase in temperature.
    Tags: British, Ireland Categories (topical): Sex Synonyms (to increase in temperature): heat up, warm up
    Sense id: en-hot_up-en-verb-HKT4w61n Disambiguation of Sex: 38 16 46 Categories (other): British English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (up), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 35 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 35 36 29 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 33 33 33 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 35 35 30 Disambiguation of 'to increase in temperature': 97 2 2
  2. To heat up:
    (UK, Ireland, informal) To become more heated.
    Tags: Ireland, UK, informal Categories (topical): Sex
    Sense id: en-hot_up-en-verb-Nit20gcu Disambiguation of Sex: 38 16 46 Categories (other): British English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (up), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 35 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 35 36 29 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 33 33 33 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 35 35 30
  3. To heat up:
    (UK, Ireland, informal) To make or become more sexually appealing, enticing or exciting.
    Tags: Ireland, UK, informal Categories (topical): Sex Synonyms (to make more sexually appealing): sex up
    Sense id: en-hot_up-en-verb-IknG6zsS Disambiguation of Sex: 38 16 46 Categories (other): British English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (up), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 35 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 35 36 29 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 33 33 33 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 35 35 30 Disambiguation of 'to make more sexually appealing': 7 7 85

Inflected forms

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