- 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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The Fed targets a separate inflation gauge, due later this month, that Wednesday’s report feeds into and that has been running hotter than the CPI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 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
France's national weather agency said Monday as France braced for its fifth heatwave of the season that "future summers will generally be hotter than those experienced to date".
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 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
The paint fumes take hold of my throat, choking me, and the room suddenly feels about 50 degrees hotter than it should.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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