hotted (up)

Definition of hotted (up)next
past tense of hot (up), chiefly Southern, southern Midland, & British
as in heated
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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Verb
  • Pockets of highly pressurized water trapped just below the surface can be heated by adjacent bodies of magma.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 8 May 2026
  • The decadent fudge icing is heated and poured on the warm, just-out-of-the-oven cake.
    Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 8 May 2026
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  • Penny, looking like death warmed over after her recent miscarriage, briefly stops by for old time’s sake.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 13 May 2026
  • Rain moves into the Baltimore metro Wednesday evening Temperatures have warmed into the 70s, with breezy winds and a mostly cloudy sky ahead of the rain.
    Cutter Martin, CBS News, 13 May 2026
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“Hotted (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hotted%20%28up%29. Accessed 15 May. 2026.

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