hot and heavy
adjective
informal
: sexually intense, active, or exciting
They have a very hot and heavy relationship.
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With both a trustee and mayoral election in the offing for next year, the committee is girding itself for a hot and heavy election season in 2027.
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Jerry Shnay, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
The competition is also hot and heavy on the local sports scene.
—Kathleen Hill, The Providence Journal, 21 Mar. 2026
Avoiding hot and heavy meals also can reduce your body's overall temperature.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
Our love affair with the movies, with the very idea of Hollywood, has been hot and heavy for more than a century.
—CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
Eventually, Annie and Link pair off and things get hot and heavy in the Jungle Room.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
And while their steamy, sweaty dalliances are hot and heavy (albeit mostly clothed), most swoonworthy are the smaller moments, like Heathcliff gently cupping his hands to keep the rain out of Cathy’s eyes.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
Artisanal, electric energy has occupied the grand bones of this intoxicating city, with young creatives animating the unbuttoned cafés and bars filling its old town’s squares—the air always hot and heavy with wafts of arancini and zucchini fritti.
—Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026
Dana and Katie are hot and heavy together.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 22 Sep. 2025
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Jerry Shnay, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
The competition is also hot and heavy on the local sports scene.
—Kathleen Hill, The Providence Journal, 21 Mar. 2026
Avoiding hot and heavy meals also can reduce your body's overall temperature.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
Our love affair with the movies, with the very idea of Hollywood, has been hot and heavy for more than a century.
—CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
Eventually, Annie and Link pair off and things get hot and heavy in the Jungle Room.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
And while their steamy, sweaty dalliances are hot and heavy (albeit mostly clothed), most swoonworthy are the smaller moments, like Heathcliff gently cupping his hands to keep the rain out of Cathy’s eyes.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
Artisanal, electric energy has occupied the grand bones of this intoxicating city, with young creatives animating the unbuttoned cafés and bars filling its old town’s squares—the air always hot and heavy with wafts of arancini and zucchini fritti.
—Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026
Dana and Katie are hot and heavy together.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Hot and heavy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20and%20heavy. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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