hotting
Becoming more intense
Hotting is the present participle of hot, used when something is heating up or becoming more intense.
The phrase hotting up means increasing in intensity or excitement: Competition is hotting up as the deadline approaches.
This usage is more common in British than American English, where "heating up" predominates.
Increasing in temperature
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
- risingAct of ascending
- thermalPertaining to warmth
- increaseGrowth in amount
intensifying · fire · glow · radiator · oven · stove · boiling · simmering
Increasing by degrees
- increasingBecoming greater in amount
- buildingEnclosed roofed structure
- risingAct of ascending
- mountingSteadily increasing in degree
growing · competition · accelerating · rivalry · conflict · tension · momentum · pace
warming
Increasing in temperature
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
- risingAct of ascending
- thermalPertaining to warmth
increase · intensifying · fire · glow · radiator · oven · stove · boiling · simmering · escalating
escalating
Increasing by degrees
- increasingBecoming greater in amount
- buildingEnclosed roofed structure
- risingAct of ascending
mounting · growing · competition · accelerating · rivalry · conflict · tension · momentum · pace · pressure
stolen
Taken unlawfully
police · chase · urban · reckless · youth · speeding · joyride · handbrake · doughnuts · antisocial
hottingcooling
Losing thermal energy
chilling · cooling down · freezing · icing · refrigerating
hottingdying down
Decreasing in force
winding down · de-escalating · subsiding · tapering off · petering out
hot, heated, heating, heater, hotly, hotness, hots, thermostat, thermometer