have the hots for

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have the hots for (third-person singular simple present has the hots for, present participle having the hots for, simple past and past participle had the hots for)

1. (idiomatic, transitive, informal) To be attracted (sexually or romantically) to (someone); to fancy someone.

   I think Donnie has the hots for Lisa.

   • 1985, Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, Back to the Future, spoken by Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox):

     Whoa. Wait a minute, Doc. Are you trying to tell me that my mother has got the hots for me?

   • 2002, “Dilemma”, in Nellyville, performed by Nelly ft. Kelly Rowland:

     I met this chick and she just moved right up the block from me / And uh, she got the hots for me

   • 2003, William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (Bigend cycle; book 1), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 87:

     “How was Hubertus? Bernard thought he might have the hots for you, to put it bluntly.”