hotter
1 Americanverb (used without object)
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to vibrate up and down; shake, totter, or rattle, as a plate on a shelf.
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to stammer.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of hotter
1790–1800; < early Dutch dialect hotteren, frequentative with -er- of Middle Dutch hotten to shake; akin to hotch
Example Sentences
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"As the planet gets hotter, rocks weather faster and take up more CO2, cooling the planet back down again," said Andy Ridgwell, a UC Riverside geologist and co-author of the study published in Science.
From Science Daily
The U.S. jobs market isn’t so hot, investors learned this week, but inflation is hotter than anyone would like.
From MarketWatch
Starc remains again in Adelaide, unbeaten on 33, and Thursday's forecast - which predicts Adelaide to be hotter than Western Sahara - only reinforces the importance in a swift England exit from the field.
From BBC
They are a good chasing team and Thursday is forecast to be even hotter.
From BBC
And, with the market already sated with its fresh December cut, hotter inflation may not have as much of a market impact.
From Barron's
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