hotbox

hot +‎ box

hotbox (plural hotboxes)

1. A container maintained at elevated temperatures in order to heat or cook its contents.
   1. An oven.
2. (engineering) An overheated shaft bearing.

hotbox (third-person singular simple present hotboxes, present participle hotboxing, simple past and past participle hotboxed)

1. 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.
2. To put out a cigarette just before entering a vehicle, then expel smoke in the vehicle.

• (smoke in a confined area): clambake, box out