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white-hot

American  
[hwahyt-hot, wahyt-] / ˈʰwaɪtˈhɒt, ˈwaɪt- /

adjective

  1. extremely hot.

  2. showing white heat.

  3. exceedingly enthusiastic, ardent, angry, devoted, etc.; impassioned; perfervid.

    a fierce, white-hot loyalty to the king.
white-hot British  

adjective

  1. at such a high temperature that white light is emitted

  2. informal in a state of intense emotion

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Etymology

Origin of white-hot

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

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Pink’s Hot Dogs will present a check for $3,000, which it raised from selling 452 of those White hot dogs and a contribution from the Pink family.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2022

White hot, spinning rapidly and possessed of a killer magnetic field, the white dwarf spewed out twin jets of energy and matter from its poles, energizing the surrounding material.

From Slate • Dec. 23, 2013

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