Hot or the acronym HOT may refer to:

Food and drink

Pungency Pungency () refers to the taste of food commonly referred to as spiciness, hotness or heat, found in foods such as chili peppers. Highly pungent tastes may be experienced as unpleasant. The term piquancy () is sometimes applied to foods with a l ...

, in food, a spicy or hot quality *Hot, a wine tasting descriptor

Places

Hot district Hot ( th, ฮอด, ) is a district ('' amphoe'') in the southern part of Chiang Mai province in northern Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Mae Chaem, Chom Thong of Chiang Mai Province, Ban Hong, Li of ...

, a district of Chiang Mai province, Thailand ** Hot subdistrict, a sub-district of Hot District, Thailand ** Tha Kham, Chiang Mai, also known as Hot, a town in Hot District, Chiang Mai province, Thailand * Hot, Albania, a village in the Malësi e Madhe municipality, Shkodër County, Albania

Music

* H.O.T. pronounced "H. O. T.", (High-Five of Teenagers), a South Korean boy band *

Hawaii Opera Theatre The Hawaii Opera Theatre (HOT) is the islands' only major opera company established in 1960. The company performs three or more operas in a season. Opera seasons start in October and end in the early summer of the following year. It performs mostly ...

, an opera company in Honolulu, Hawaii *

Hot (American vocal group) Hot was a vocal trio based in Los Angeles, California, whose membership was Gwen Owens (born June 19, 1953), Cathy Carson (née Catherine Sue Fiebach) (October 8, 1953 – June 26, 2014), and Juanita Curiel (born February 25, 1953). The group ha ...

, best known for 1977 hit "Angel in Your Arms" 1976–1980 *Hot 97, branding for hip-hop radio station

WQHT WQHT (97.1 FM, ''Hot 97'') is a commercial radio station, licensed to New York, New York, which broadcasts an urban contemporary music format. The station is owned by Mediaco Holding and operated by Emmis Communications under a shared servi ...

in New York City

Albums

*Hot (Freda Payne album), ''Hot'' (Freda Payne album), 1979 *Hot (Half Japanese album), ''Hot'' (Half Japanese album), 1995 *Hot (Inna album), ''Hot'' (Inna album) or the title song (see below), 2009 *Hot (James Brown album), ''Hot'' (James Brown album) or the title song (see below), 1976 *Hot (Mel B album), ''Hot'' (Mel B album), 2000 *Hot (Paul Bley album), ''Hot'' (Paul Bley album), 1985 *Hot (Squirrel Nut Zippers album), ''Hot'' (Squirrel Nut Zippers album), 1996 * Hot (EP), ''Hot'' (EP), by Taeyang, or the title song, 2008

Songs

*Hot (Avril Lavigne song), "Hot" (Avril Lavigne song), 2007 *Hot (Beatnuts song), "Hot" (Beatnuts song), 2004 *Hot (Inna song), "Hot" (Inna song), 2008 *Hot (Pia Mia song), "Hot" (Pia Mia song), 2020 *Hot (Young Thug song), "Hot" (Young Thug song), 2019 *"Hot (I Need to Be Loved, Loved, Loved)", by James Brown, 1975 *"Hot", by Aya Nakamura from ''Aya (album), Aya'', 2020 *"Hot!", by Lisa Lopes from ''Supernova (Lisa Lopes album), Supernova'', 2001 *"Hot", by Parah Dice, 2019 *"Hot", by Smash Mouth from ''Get the Picture? (Smash Mouth album), Get the Picture?'', 2003 *"Hot", by Twice from ''Fancy You (EP), Fancy You'', 2019

Transport

*Head-of-train device, a console for the end-of-train device *High-occupancy toll lane, a variable toll payable by some road users *HOT, the IATA and FAA LID codes for Memorial Field Airport in the state of Arkansas, US *HOT, the MTR station code for Ho Tin stop in Hong Kong, China *HOT, the National Rail code for Henley-on-Thames railway station in the county of Oxfordshire, UK

Other uses

*HOT Bowl or C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart of Texas Bowl, a college football game *HOT (missile), an anti-tank missile system (French: ) *A series of psychedelic phenethylamines: **HOT-2 **HOT-7 **HOT-17 *Hawaii Ocean Time-series, an oceanographic time-series study *Highly optimized tolerance, a general framework for studying complexity *Higher-order thought, a concept in Higher-order theories of consciousness#Types, higher-order thought theories of consciousness *Hot (Israel), an Israeli cable company *Hawkes Ocean Technologies, a developer of deep sea equipment *Hot, cold, wet, and dry are aspects of the discredited theory of humorism