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red-hot
adj 5noun 1
Collocations
2VERB + RED-HOT
jazz, manipulating
RED-HOT + NOUN
metal
Definitions
adj
1
Heated to the point that it glows with a visible red color.
The smith's apprentice was still wary of manipulating the red-hot metal.
The Iron of it ſelfe, though heate red hot, / Approaching neere theſe eyes, would drinke my teares, / And quench this fierie indignation, / Euen in the matter of mine innocence.
2
Very hot.
That curry was red-hot.
3
Emotionally charged, especially with anger or enthusiasm.
He really delivered a red-hot speech today.
4
Having very strong sex appeal.
Did you see that red-hot bikini model in today's paper?
5
Very fresh, exciting, and up-to-date.
Tune in at ten to catch this red-hot story!
She sits at the intersection of start-up investing and the fast-growing ecosystem of online creators, both of which are red hot.
noun
1
Alternative spelling of red hot.
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The smith's apprentice was still wary of manipulating the red-hot metal.
Wiktionary02
The Iron of it ſelfe, though heate red hot, / Approaching neere theſe eyes, would drinke my teares, / And quench this fierie indignation, / Euen in the matter of mine innocence.
Wiktionary03
Heaped up upon the floor, to form a kind of throne, were turkeys, geese, game, poultry, brawn, great joints of meat, sucking-pigs, long wreaths of sausages, mince-pies, plum-puddings, barrels of oyste
Wiktionary04
The jazz concert was red-hot.
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