hottie

hottie

See also: Hottie

English

Etymology

hot +‎ -ie

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɒ.ti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑ.ɾi/

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• Homophone: haughty (in accents with the cot–caught merger)
• Rhymes: -ɒti

Noun

hottie (plural hotties)

1. (slang, Australia, New Zealand, now rare) Synonym of hotshot.
2. (slang, originally Australia) A physically or sexually attractive person.

   Synonym: fittie

   • 1999, Adam Herz; Paul Weitz, director, American Pie, spoken by Steve Stifler (Seann William Scott):

     You guys are pathetic. I'm gonna find myself a little hottie.

3. (informal, originally Australia, New Zealand) A hot water bottle.

Translations

slang: sexually attractive person

Dutch: stuk (nl) n, knapperd (nl) m Finnish: kuuma pakkaus, kuumis (fi), hottis (fi) German: heißer Feger m Hebrew: חתיך‎ (he) m (ḥatikh), חתיכה‎ (he) f (ḥatikha) Macedonian: риба f (riba), пичка f (pička) (vulgar, of females) Persian: داف‎ (fa) (dâf) (of women) Polish: ciacho (pl) n (male) Portuguese: gostoso (pt) m, gostosa (pt) f, pedaço (pt) m (colloquial) Russian: краса́вчик (ru) m (krasávčik) (male), краса́вец (ru) m (krasávec) (male), красо́тка (ru) f (krasótka) (female), краса́вица (ru) f (krasávica) (female), пре́лесть (ru) f (prélestʹ) (any gender), мила́шка (ru) f (miláška) (female), ду́шечка (ru) f (dúšečka) (female) Spanish: bombón (es) m or f, bellezón m or f Swedish: snygging (sv) c, goding (sv) c, läckerbit c

informal: hot-water bottle — see hot water bottle

References

• “hotty, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022.
• Jonathon Green (2023), “hottie n.²”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang