red-hot

[ adjective red-hot; noun red-hot ]

/ adjective ˈrɛdˈhɒt; noun ˈrɛdˌhɒt /

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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.

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Origin of red-hot

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75

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Woods were shredded, the earth trembled and the ground exploded in showers of stone and red-hot metal splinters.
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Moral equivalence and malaise, rather than red-hot ideology, motivates Haydon.
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He broke three of her ribs with an umbrella and on another occasion hit her with a red-hot poker.
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Designer Frida Giannini let the collection scream not-so-subtle sexuality, with florescent pinks, silk and red-hot silhouettes.
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Despite his red-hot debate showings—and a retroactive win in Iowa—Senator Sweatervest was basically a nonfactor in Florida.
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And the burning wood hissed in the eye, just as the red-hot iron hisses in the water when a man seeks to temper steel for a sword.
Myths and Legends of All Nations|Various
In such case the article may be heated in red-hot lead, the surface of which may be covered with charcoal.
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Yet would not I hold a red-hot iron in my hand for all the gladness of them.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete.|Francois Rabelais
She is a red-hot Secessionist, as they all are, except Coulter himself, but she is a good wife and high-bred lady.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Vol. II: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians|Ambrose Bierce
They could not scare him with the red-hot furnaces, and they can not now scare him with the lions.
New Tabernacle Sermons|Thomas De Witt Talmage

British Dictionary definitions for red-hot

red-hot

adjective

(esp of metal) heated to the temperature at which it glows rediron is red-hot at about 500°C

extremely hotthe stove is red-hot, so don't touch it

keen, excited, or eager; enthusiastic

furious; violentred-hot anger

very recent or topicalred-hot information

Australian slang extreme, unreasonable, or unfairthe charges are red-hot

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Word Origin and History for red-hot

red-hot

adj.

late 14c., "heated till it glows red" (of metal, etc.); of persons, "lively, passionate," it is recorded from c.1600. Red-hot mama is 1926, jazz slang, "earthy female singer," also "girlfriend, lover."

red-hot

adjective

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