hot refuel

verb

To refuel an aircraft while one of its engines is running.

“Hot refuels require the fueling crew to take great care to avoid getting sucked into the operating engine.”

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Meanings

verbhot refuel (third-person singular simple present hot refuels, present participle (US) hot refueling or (UK) hot refuelling, simple past and past participle (US) hot refueled or (UK) hot refuelled)

present singular third person hot refuels · US participle present hot refueling · UK participle present hot refuelling · US participle past hot refueled · US past hot refueled · UK participle past hot refuelled · UK past hot refuelled

  1. aeronauticsTo refuel an aircraft while one of its engines is running.

    The plane's APU was broken and the airport didn't have ground starting equipment, so we had to hot refuel the bird - if we'd shut both engines down, we wouldn't have been able to get them started again.

nounhot refuel (plural hot refuels)

plural hot refuels

  1. aeronauticsAn instance of hot refueling.

    Hot refuels require the fueling crew to take great care to avoid getting sucked into the operating engine.

Cite this entry
APA

hot refuel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hot%20refuel

MLA

“hot refuel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hot%20refuel. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hot refuel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hot%20refuel.

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