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, 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 *

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 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), 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