piping hot

Idioms  

1. Very hot, as in These biscuits are piping hot. This idiom alludes to something so hot that it makes a piping or hissing sound. [Late 1300s]

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Example Sentences

During the next outage, you’ll find me with my family, under an electric blanket, sipping piping hot tea.

From The Wall Street Journal

She poked the piece of duck, which a second before she was certain had been piping hot, and found that it was ice-cold.

From Literature

Your daughter made you a lukewarm cup of tea, and you are rewarding her with a piping hot mug of the finest Colombian coffee.

From MarketWatch

It is made by brushing butter onto a piping hot naan and sprinkling a generous amount of chopped garlic on it.

From BBC

West End Girl’ is an active listening experience where one must sift through the many contradictions, confessions and piping hot, unfiltered tea.

From Los Angeles Times

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