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.

Origin of red-hot

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75

Words nearby red-hot

red-figure, red-flag, red-handed, red-headed, red-headed woodpecker, red-hot, red-hot poker, red-lead ore, red-lead putty, red-legged partridge, red-letter

Example sentences from the Web for red-hot

Woods were shredded, the earth trembled and the ground exploded in showers of stone and red-hot metal splinters.

Hitler’s Hail Mary |James A. Warren |December 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Moral equivalence and malaise, rather than red-hot ideology, motivates Haydon.

Iran’s Top Spy Is the Modern-Day Karla, John Le Carré’s Villainous Mastermind |Michael Weiss |July 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He broke three of her ribs with an umbrella and on another occasion hit her with a red-hot poker.

The Week in Death: Clarissa Dickson Wright, One of ‘Two Fat Ladies’ |The Telegraph |March 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Designer Frida Giannini let the collection scream not-so-subtle sexuality, with florescent pinks, silk and red-hot silhouettes.

Photo of The Day: Gucci’s ‘Unfussy Femininity’ |Anna Klassen |September 19, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

Despite his red-hot debate showings—and a retroactive win in Iowa—Senator Sweatervest was basically a nonfactor in Florida.

Florida Primary: Rick Santorum’s Daughter’s Illness |Michelle Cottle |February 1, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
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.

Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II |Joshua Rose
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 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

Australian slang extreme, unreasonable, or unfair the charges are red-hot

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