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red-hot

[ adjective red-hot; noun red-hot ]

adjective

  1. red with heat; very hot.
  2. creating much excitement, demand, or discussion:

    The new toy robot is a red-hot item this Christmas.

  3. violent; furious:

    red-hot anger.

  4. characterized by intense excitement, enthusiasm, or passion.
  5. very fresh or new; most recent:

    red-hot tips on the stock market.



noun

  1. a person who has great fervor or intensity, as for a goal or cause.
  2. Informal. a hot dog.
  3. a small cinnamon-flavored candy.

red-hot

adjective

  1. (esp of metal) heated to the temperature at which it glows red

    iron is red-hot at about 500°C

  2. extremely hot

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

  3. keen, excited, or eager; enthusiastic
  4. furious; violent

    red-hot anger

  5. very recent or topical

    red-hot information

  6. slang.
    extreme, unreasonable, or unfair

    the charges are red-hot

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of red-hot1

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75
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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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