red-hot
Use Red-hot in a sentence
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
6.
a person who has great fervor or intensity, as for a goal or cause.
7.
Informal. a hot dog.
8.
a small cinnamon-flavored candy.
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Origin:
1325–75; Middle English
1325–75; Middle English
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| red-hot | |
| —adj | |
| 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 (Austral) extreme, unreasonable, or unfair: the charges are red-hot |
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Word Origin & History
red-hot
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."
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Example sentences
Once at the red-hot center, he found himself in the floating leper colony for lost entertainers.
Another possibility is that red-hot debris from the falling asteroid or comet triggered global wildfires.
Worse, by running the printing presses red-hot, his government created a colossal monetary overhang.
There is food: bubbling mutton kebabs seared over red-hot braziers.
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