Usually means: Becoming angry or agitated emotionally.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. hot under the collar: Merriam-Webster
  2. hot under the collar: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hot under the collar: Collins English Dictionary
  4. hot under the collar: Vocabulary.com
  5. hot under the collar: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. hot under the collar: Wiktionary
  7. hot under the collar: Dictionary.com
  8. hot under the collar: FreeDictionary.org
  9. hot under the collar: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. hot under the collar: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hot under the collar: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hot under the collar: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hot under the collar: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (hot under the collar)

adjective:  (idiomatic, of a person) Angry; agitated.
adjective:  (idiomatic, colloquial, slang, of a person) Sexually aroused.

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