hottie
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See also: Hottie
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɒ.ti/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɔ.ti/, /ˈhɑ.ti/, [ˈhɔ.ɾi], [ˈhɑ.ɾi]
Audio (AU) (file) - Homophone: haughty (in accents with the cot–caught merger)
- Rhymes: -ɒti
Noun[edit]
hottie (plural hotties)
- (slang, Australia, New Zealand, now rare) Synonym of hotshot.
- (slang, originally Australia) A physically or sexually attractive person.
- Synonym: fittie
- 1999, Adam Herz, directed by Paul Weitz, American Pie, spoken by Steve Stifler (Seann William Scott):
- You guys are pathetic. I'm gonna find myself a little hottie.
- (informal, originally Australia, New Zealand) A hot water bottle.
Translations[edit]
slang: sexually attractive person
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informal: hot-water bottle — see hot water bottle
Further reading[edit]
- “hotty, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022.
- Jonathon Green (2024) “hottie n.2”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
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