hotbox
(noun) a journal bearing (as of a railroad car) that has overheated
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hotbox (plural hotboxes)
A container maintained at elevated temperatures in order to heat or cook its contents.
An oven.
(engineering) An overheated shaft bearing.
hotbox (third-person singular simple present hotboxes, present participle hotboxing, simple past and past participle hotboxed)
To smoke marijuana in a small confined area, such as the inside of a car, until it is full of smoke, thereby purportedly intensifying the drug's effects.
To put out a cigarette just before entering a vehicle, then expel smoke in the vehicle.
• (smoke in a confined area): clambake, box out
Source: Wiktionary
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
