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hot hatch

noun

Etymology

Clipping of hot hatchback, from hot + hatchback. From being a hatchback-configuration small car, compact, subcompact that has some zip.

  1. inherited from *bʰeg-✻ — “to bend”
  2. inherited from *baką✻
  3. inherited from *bak✻
  4. inherited from bæc
  5. inherited from bak
  6. compounded as hatchback — “hatch + back”
  7. compounded as hot hatch — “hot + hatchback”

Definitions

  1. A high-performance hatchback small motor car.

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