hotter

noun, verb — 3 senses

hotter

noun

1

UK, Slang One who steals a vehicle in order to joyride.

Unable effectively to give chase to the hotters for fear of endangering the lives of pedestrians and motorists, the police had been forced to play a waiting game[…]1992, David P. Waddington, Contemporary Issues in Public Disorder, page 209:

2

An industrial worker employed to heat something.

It was soon recognised that women rivet hotters complained the most; not only was this hot work, but noisy and dirty too.2012, Peter Timms, In and Around Swindon Works:

Related terms: hotting

hotter

verb

1

Northern England, UK, Dated, Dialectal To vibrate; to rattle.

The jolting, hottering motion of the waggon, the splashing of the water, and the dark and narrow passage, all concur to produce a strange effect […]1833, Thomas Sopwith, An account of the mining districts of Alston Moor, Weardale and Teesdale in Cumberland and Durham, page 137:

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