run hot

English

Verb

run hot (third-person singular simple present runs hot, present participle running hot, simple past ran hot, past participle run hot)

(of an electrical or mechanical system) To produce excessive heat while operating.
- 1943 March and April, “Notes and News: Locomotive Notes”, in Railway Magazine, page 120:
  No. 5964, Patriot, made a brief appearance, but had an addiction to running hot, and was soon returned to the Western Division.
- 2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, spoken by Avery Johnson (David Scully), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: The Storm:
  Chief, that gun’s been firing non-stop; it’s gotta be running hot!
(of a bus following a regular schedule) To run ahead of schedule.
- 1996, Rolland D. King, Bus Occupant Safety, Transportation Research Board, →ISBN, p. 55, Appendix H: Compromises Made by Operators to Maintain Schedules:
  8. Running hot
- 2010, Robin Hong, Singing Bus Driver, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 22:
  You are eight minutes ahead of time, and some passengers will miss your bus if you run hot.
- 2011, Andre Carrington, Driving a Bus in New York City, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 97:
  She was constantly out sick, lazy, or lame and also she was always running hot and not maintaining or operating her bus on time.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:run hot.

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