hottie

• hotty

From hot +‎ -ie. Sense “stolen vehicle” perhaps from hot-wired.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɒ.ti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔ.ti/, /ˈhɑ.ti/, [ˈhɔ.ɾi], [ˈhɑ.ɾi]

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• Homophone: haughty (cot–caught merger)
• Rhymes: -ɒti

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, directed by Paul Weitz, American Pie, spoken by Steve Stifler (Seann William Scott):

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

   • 2023 October 23, Elias Visontay, “Junior public servants allegedly made ‘hotties list’ that ranked female colleagues, Senate hears”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Junior public servants in the Department of Infrastructure and Transport’s graduate program allegedly compiled a “hotties list” which rated female colleagues’ attractiveness.

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

• “hotty, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2022.
• “hottie n.²”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present