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red-hot
[ adjective red-hot; noun red-hot ]
adjective
- red with heat; very hot.
- creating much excitement, demand, or discussion:
The new toy robot is a red-hot item this Christmas.
- violent; furious:
red-hot anger.
- characterized by intense excitement, enthusiasm, or passion.
- very fresh or new; most recent:
red-hot tips on the stock market.
noun
- a person who has great fervor or intensity, as for a goal or cause.
- Informal. a hot dog.
- a small cinnamon-flavored candy.
red-hot
adjective
- (esp of metal) heated to the temperature at which it glows red
iron is red-hot at about 500°C
- extremely hot
the stove is red-hot, so don't touch it
- keen, excited, or eager; enthusiastic
- furious; violent
red-hot anger
- very recent or topical
red-hot information
- slang.extreme, unreasonable, or unfair
the charges are red-hot
Word History and Origins
Origin of red-hot1
Example Sentences
His books include Render unto Rome and a novel about Louisiana politics, Last of the Red Hot Poppas.
Woods were shredded, the earth trembled and the ground exploded in showers of stone and red-hot metal splinters.
His books include Up From the Cradle of Jazz: New Orleans Music Since World War II and a novel, Last of the Red Hot Poppas.
RED HOT will be on display at BOSI Contemporary, 48 Orchard St., from September 3-14, 2014.
Until the Depression, New York was the red hot center of everything.
“You appear to feel it so,” rejoined Mr. Pickwick, smiling at the clerk, who was literally red-hot.
On the night of June the 11th a red-hot cannon-ball set fire to one of the barracks which was used as a hospital.
The boiler at Greenwich was heated red hot and burnt all the joints the Sunday before the explosion.
The little stove was roaring; it was red-hot, and the chocolate in the tin sizzled and sputtered.
As they turned into red-hot ashes and began to topple over one by one into the glowing pile, Jess laughed delightedly.
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