hot garbage
Something of extremely poor quality
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hot hand
Someone on a successful streak
hot minute
a short period of time
hot off the presses
Recently released or published
hot on
very close to something, especially in pursuit or investigation
hot on someone's heels
Following someone very closely
hot on the trail
very close to finding or achieving something
hot pot
Ale and brandy made hot.
hot rod
The penis.
hot sheet
a list of stolen goods
hot shit
Something or someone excellent or of high quality
hot stomach
He has so hot a stomach, that he burns all the clothes off his back; said of one who pawns his clothes to purchase liquor.
hot stuff
Someone or something extremely attractive or exciting
hot stuff
Formerly said of a girl or woman who indulged in violent flirtations often carried beyond the limits of good behaviour.
hot tiger
An Oxford mixture of hot-spiced ale and sherry.
hot to trot
Eager to start something, especially a new project or activity
hot under the collar
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
hot water
Trouble or difficulty
hotter than a pistol
Extremely attractive or exciting
house and home
One's home and everything associated with it
house cooling party
A party to celebrate a new homeowner's first gathering
house nigger
a person who is overly subservient to those in power
house of cards
A situation that is unstable and likely to collapse
House of Commons
It is an interruption to the order of the day by asking a Minisier some question of importance the subject of which would come under his department. From Lat. interpellare, to interrupt by speaking, literacy, to drive between.
house of God
a church or place of worship
house of ill fame
A place of disreputable or immoral activity
House of Lords
A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
house poor
Spending most of one's income on housing expenses
house to house
Performed at every house, one after another; as, "a house-to-house canvass.
household gods
The Lares and Penates (tf.v.), who presided over the dwellings and domestic concerns of the ancient Romans; hence, in modern use, the valued possessions of home, all those things that go to endear it to one.
Household Troops
Those troops whose special duty it is to attend the sovereign.
household words
No. 183, September 24.
houses
"safe as HOUSES," an expression to satisfy a doubting person; "Oh! it’s as safe as HOUSES," i.e., perfectly safe, apparently in allusion to the paying character of house property as an investment. It is said the phrase originated when the railway bubbles began to burst, and when people began to turn their attention to the more ancient forms of speculation, which though slow were sure.
housewarming
The first friendly gathering in a new or freshly-occupied house.
how are you
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
how came you so
Drunk.
how come
Used to ask for an explanation or reason
how goes it
asks about someone's well-being or situation
how long is a piece of string?
A question has no definitive answer
how so
Used to ask for explanation or clarification
how's the weather
Asking about someone's well-being or current situation
how's tricks
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
howl at the moon
To protest or complain futilely
how’s your poor feet?
An idiotic street cry with no meaning, much in vogue a few years back.
hoxter
An inside pocket.—Old English, OXTER. Probably the low slang word HUXTER, money, is derived from this. OXTER is, among the Irish, an armpit.
Hubba Hubba
An exclamation of enthusiasm of American origin which came into wide prevalence during World War IJ. Like all such expressions its origin is obscure, though it has been ingeniously traced back to an old English expression: "Hubba — a cry given to warn fishermen of the approach of pilchards.
hubble bubble
The Indian pipe termed a hookah is thus designated, from the noise it makes when being smoked.
hubble de shuff
Confusedly. To fire hubble de shuff, to fire quick and irregularly. OLD MILITARY TERM.
hubble-bubble
Confusion. A hubble-bubble fellow; a man of confused ideas, or one thick of speech, whose words sound like water bubbling out of a bottle. Also an instrument used for smoaking through water in the East Indies, called likewise a caloon, and hooker.
hubbub
A noise, riot, or disturbance.
hubs
Husband.
huckle my buff
Beer, egg, and brandy, made hot.
huckleberry above a persimmon
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
huckleberry above one's persimmon
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
hucksters
Itinerant retailers of provisions. He is in hucksters hands; he is in a bad way.
Hue and Cry
The old legal name for the official outcry made when calling for assistance "with horn and with voice,** in the pursuit of a criminal escaping from justice (O.Fr. huer, to shout). Persons failing to respond when the "hue and cry" was raised were liable to penalties; hence, a clamour or outcry, a cry of alarm.
huey
A town or village.—Tramps’ term.
huff
A dodge or trick; "don’t try that HUFF on me," or "that HUFF wont do." Also a term in the game of draughts,—the penalty for failing to take an opponent’s piece when an opportunity occurs.
huff and puff
To threaten or bluster without taking action
hug
To hug brown bess; to carry a firelock, or serve as a private soldier. He hugs it as the Devil hugs a witch: said of one who holds any thing as if he was afraid of losing it.
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