have the hots for

verb

To be attracted (sexually or romantically) to (someone); to fancy someone.

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Meanings

verbhave the hots for (third-person singular simple present has the hots for, present participle having the hots for, simple past and past participle had the hots for)

present singular third person has the hots for · participle present having the hots for · participle past had the hots for · past had the hots for

  1. idiomaticslangtransitiveTo be attracted (sexually or romantically) to (someone); to fancy someone.

    “How was Hubertus? Bernard thought he might have the hots for you, to put it bluntly.”

    2003, William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (Bigend cycle; book 1), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 87
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    Whoa. Wait a minute, Doc. Are you trying to tell me that my mother has got the hots for me?

    1985, Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, Back to the Future, spoken by Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox)

    I met this chick and she just moved right up the block from me / And uh, she got the hots for me

    2002, “Dilemma”, in Nellyville, performed by Nelly ft. Kelly Rowland

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
have a thing

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 喜歡 /喜欢
  • 喜歡 /喜欢 (xǐhuan)be attracted to someone
Finnish olla pihkassa
  • olla pihkassabe attracted to someone
Polish lecieć
  • leciećbe attracted to someone
Spanish encoñar
  • encoñarbe attracted to someone
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