Hawt
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Hawt is an adjective meaning Pronunciation or leetspeak spelling of hot (any sense).
Meaning
Pronunciation or leetspeak spelling of hot (any sense).
More Meanings
- Hot (sexually attractive)
- High; in later use, eye dialect spelling of haut or haute.
- Pronunciation spelling of heart.
- (obsolete) Alternative form of aught (“anything”).
Example Sentences
1896, George Wharton Edwards, Break O’ Day, Ayer Publishing (1969), →ISBN, page 46, “[…] Oh, ’t is, eh? Well, I waant to know — kind o’ hawt in here, ain’t it? Phew!” Again the orange silk handkerchief waved clouds of suffocating musk.
2002, Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 60, On it was written, in shaky handwriting: ¶ After thys perfromans, Why Notte Visit / Harga’s Hous of Ribs, / For the Best inne Hawt Cuisyne ¶ “What's hawt cuisyne?” said Victor.
2006, Robert Eversz, Zero to the Bone: A Nina Zero Novel, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 24, A few of the comments were marginally pervy, but most were touchingly supportive messages. Ur soooo Hawt!!! One comment read. I can’t believe ur not gonna be a ***.
1896, Paul Laurence Dunbar, "When Malindy Sings", in Joan R. Sherman, African-American Poetry: An Anthology, 1773–1927, Courier Dover Publications (1997), →ISBN, pages 64–65, […] / But fu’ real melojous music, / Dat jes’ strikes yo’ hawt and clings, / Jes’ you stan’ an’ listen wif me, / When Malindy sings.
Word Forms
- hawts
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hott, whott, whot, hooty, hotpanted, hijeous.
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