hots (up)

present tense third-person singular of hot (up), chiefly Southern, southern Midland, & British
as in heats
to cause to have or give off heat to a moderate degree with a silky Southern drawl, the waitress asked, "Want me to hot up that pie?"

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heats
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  • This heats the air dramatically, expanding it and exhausting the hot gas at a much higher velocity than normal.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026
  • The plan was to combine that map with a map of the ultraviolet radiation that heats the ISM up.
    — Perri Thaler, Quanta Magazine, 30 Oct. 2026
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“Hots (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hots%20%28up%29. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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