Hot commonly refers refer to: *

Heat In thermodynamics, heat is energy in transfer between a thermodynamic system and its surroundings by such mechanisms as thermal conduction, electromagnetic radiation, and friction, which are microscopic in nature, involving sub-atomic, ato ...

, a hot temperature *

Pungency Pungency ( ) is 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 lower ...

, in food, a spicy or hot quality Hot or HOT may also refer to:

Places

Hot district Hot (, ) 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 Lamphun provi ...

, 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, an opera company in Honolulu, Hawaii * Hot (American vocal group), best known for 1977 hit "Angel in Your Arms" 1976–1980

Albums

* ''Hot'' (James Brown album) or the title song (see below), 1976 * ''Hot'' (Freda Payne album), 1979 * ''Hot'' (Paul Bley album), 1985 * ''Hot'' (Half Japanese album), 1995 * ''Hot'' (Squirrel Nut Zippers album), 1996 * ''Hot'' (Mel B album), 2000 * ''Hot'' (Taeyang EP), or the title song, 2008 * ''Hot'' (Inna album) or the title song (see below), 2009 * ''Hot'' (Le Sserafim EP), 2025

Songs

Hot (I Need to Be Loved, Loved, Loved) "Hot (I Need to Be Loved, Loved, Loved, Loved)" is a funk song by James Brown. Released as a single in December 1975, it reached #31 on the R&B chart. It uses the main riff from the David Bowie David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2 ...

", by James Brown, 1975 *"Hot", by Black Eyed Peas from '' Bridging the Gap'', 2000 *"Hot!", by Lisa Lopes from ''

Supernova A supernova (: supernovae or supernovas) is a powerful and luminous explosion of a star. A supernova occurs during the last stellar evolution, evolutionary stages of a massive star, or when a white dwarf is triggered into runaway nuclear fusion ...

'', 2001 *"Hot", by Smash Mouth from '' Get the Picture?'', 2003 * "Hot" (Beatnuts song), 2004 * "Hot" (Avril Lavigne song), 2007 * "Hot" (Inna song), 2008 * "Hot" (Young Thug song), 2019 *"Hot", by

Parah Dice Parah Dice is a Turkish (according to his profile on Spotify, Turkish) DJ and record producer A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and techni ...

, 2019 *"Hot", by Twice from '' Fancy You'', 2019 *"Hot", by Aya Nakamura from '' Aya'', 2020 * "Hot" (Pia Mia song), 2020 * "Hot" (Seventeen song), 2022 *"Hot", by Cigarettes After Sex from '' X's'', 2024 * "Hot" (Le Sserafim song), 2025

Radio

* Hot FM, several radio networks/stations *Hot 97, branding for hip-hop radio station

WQHT WQHT (97.1 FM broadcasting, 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, a subsidiary of the Standard General hedge ...

in New York City

Transport

*Head-of-train device, a console for the

end-of-train device The end of train device (ETD), sometimes referred to as an EOT, flashing rear-end device (FRED) or sense and braking unit (SBU) is an electronic device mounted on the end of freight trains in replacement of a caboose. They are divided into three ...

High-occupancy toll lane A high-occupancy toll lane (HOT lane) is a type of traffic lane or roadway that is available to high-occupancy vehicles and other exempt vehicles without charge; other vehicles are required to pay a road pricing, variable fee that is adjusted in ...

, a variable toll payable by some road users *HOT, the IATA and FAA LID codes for

Memorial Field Airport Memorial Field Airport is located in Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States, southwest of Downtown Hot Springs. It serves nearby Hot Springs National Park. The airport is used for general aviation; airline flights are subsidized by the federal go ...

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, a wine tasting descriptor * HOT Bowl or C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart of Texas Bowl, a college football game *

HOT (missile) The HOT (French: ''Haut subsonique Optiquement Téléguidé Tiré d'un Tube'', or High Subsonic, Optical, Remote-Guided, Tube-Launched) is a second-generation long-range anti-tank guided missile system. It was developed originally to replace the ...

, an anti-tank missile system (French: ) *A series of psychedelic phenethylamines: ** HOT-2 **

HOT-7 HOT-7, or 2,5-dimethoxy-4-(β-propylthio)-N-hydroxyphenethylamine, is a psychedelic drug, psychedelic phenethylamine of the 2C's, 2C and HOT-x (psychedelics), HOT-x families. It was presumably first synthesized by Alexander Shulgin and reported i ...

** 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 thought theories of consciousness *

Hot (Israel) Hot Telecommunication Systems Ltd. () is a company that provides cable television, last-mile Internet access, broadband and telecommunication services in Israel. It also provides various data transmission services and network services at different ...

, 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 Humorism, the humoral theory, or humoralism, was a system of medicine detailing a supposed makeup and workings of the human body, adopted by Ancient Greek and Roman physicians and philosophers. Humorism began to fall out of favor in the 17th ce ...

* '' H.O.T. TV: Hindi Ordinaryong Tsismis'', Philippine talk show