hot tub

noun

: a large tub of hot water in which bathers soak and usually socialize
especially : such a tub with a whirlpool device
hot-tub intransitive verb

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Another photo shows Clinton in a hot tub with a woman whose face was redacted. Steven Sloan, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2025 In the images released Friday, Clinton appears in a swimming pool with Maxwell and a person whose face is blacked out, and in a hot tub with another individual who is partially redacted. Nandika Chatterjee, Time, 21 Dec. 2025 Some images show Clinton, 79, swimming in a pool with Maxwell, while another shows him in a hot tub with a woman whose face has been redacted. Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025 In other photographs, Clinton is depicted in a hot tub. Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hot tub

Word History

First Known Use

1973, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hot tub was in 1973

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“Hot tub.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20tub. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.

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