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noun

1. The condition of being in need of immediate assistance: distress, exigence, exigency, trouble. See help/harm/harmless.
2. A difficult, often embarrassing situation or condition: box¹, corner, deep water, difficulty, dilemma, Dutch, fix, hole, hot spot, jam, plight¹, predicament, quagmire, scrape, soup, trouble. Informal bind, pickle, spot. See easy/hard.

Trouble or difficulty, as in She's deep in political hot water, or We got in hot water over the car deal, or He's finally paid his tuition and is out of hot water with the school. This metaphoric term alludes to water hot enough to burn one. [First half of 1500s] Also see in trouble with.

Hot Water may refer to:

• Hot Water (novel), a 1932 novel by P.G. Wodehouse
• Hot Water (Jimmy Buffett album)
• Hot Water (53 Days album)
• Hot Water (song), a 1984 song by Level 42
• Hot Water (1923 film), American comedy short directed by Harold Beaudine
• Hot Water (1924 film), feature film starring silent comedian Harold Lloyd
• Hot Water (1937 film), 55-min American comedy directed by Frank R. Strayer
• Hot Water (1946 film), American comedy short directed by Edward Bernds
• Hot Water (1978 film), American film directed by Su Friedrich
• Junior (1985 film) aka A Cut Above aka Hot Water, American/Canadian feature directed by Jim Hanley
• Hot Water (American Dad!), a episode of American Dad and first episode of season 7.

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