- comparative of hot.
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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U.S. natural gas futures rose ahead of weekly inventory data, supported by hotter weather forecasts for much of the next two weeks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
"Hopefully that will stay as it is," Ebel said, adding that hotter summers could mean TUI sees more bookings in the autumn and spring.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
The UK is now seeing the kind of hotter, drier summers climate scientists have long projected, part of a global pattern of heat.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
In other words, the economy may be running hotter than expected without generating the wage pressures that would normally force the Fed to slam on the brakes.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
As the summer days grew hotter and hotter, Chandra and I would stand in the courtyard every afternoon, looking up at the sky, waiting for the rains to cool us.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
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