hottie

hot +‎ -ie

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

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• Homophone: haughty (in accents with the 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.

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

• “hotty, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022.
• Jonathon Green (2024) “hottie n.²”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang