hot and heavy
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Very enthusiastic and excited, as in That was a hot and heavy debate . This slangy expression employs hot in the sense of “characterized by intense feeling,” a usage dating from the tenth century a.d. , and heavy in the sense of “serious.”
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Passionate, lustful, as in They were awfully young to be so hot and heavy about their romance . This slangy term employs hot in the sense of “sexually aroused,” a usage dating from about 1500.
Example Sentences
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April 7: “Press still hot and heavy about me.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Even Colin Farrell's painful months spent in a hot and heavy bodysuit and under acres of prosthetics for Batman spin-off The Penguin were no match for it.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2025
Gazing at snow-clad Sierra peaks to the west, Perez said, “If all that snow comes down hot and heavy when the weather warms up, the challenge will be to protect Owens Valley’s communities from flooding.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2023
The fundraising emails have been coming out hot and heavy.
From Slate ● Aug. 9, 2022
The room presses in hot and heavy the way it does when you wake up from a nap in the afternoon sun.
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
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