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hots

British  
/ hɒts /

plural noun

  1. slang intense sexual desire; lust (esp in the phrase have the hots for someone )

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“Pepper” follows the overlapping pursuits of a handful of pepper enthusiasts, whose interests lie in the hottest of the hots, peppers that induce sweating, crying and retching within minutes.

From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2024

And then, of course, no one is going to walk into a sub shop and say, "Give me a medium-rare cheese steak with everything, extra hots."

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2023

As the story hots up, they fight back, and there's a surreal final showdown.

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2023

Doing so is critical, he said, in a time of climate change when “the hots are getting a lot hotter, dries are getting drier, and the wets are getting a lot wetter.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2023

Carolyn had a penny, so she bought a bag of red hots.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper

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