hotting (up)

present participle of hot (up), chiefly Southern, southern Midland, & British
as in heating
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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  • Auto means the fan runs only when the system is actively heating or cooling.
    Timothy Dale, The Spruce, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The water could then be extracted by heating the soil through various methods.
    Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026
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  • The catastrophe follows similar floods last year and underscores how a rapidly warming Himalaya — with faster glacier melt and extreme weather — is turning vital river corridors into deadly hazard zones.
    Niranjan Shrestha, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Many temperate and boreal regions that anchor industrial fiber production are warming faster than the global average.
    Kari Stoever, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026
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“Hotting (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hotting%20%28up%29. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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