Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Glowing hot; very hot.
- adjective Heated, as with excitement, anger, or enthusiasm.
- adjective Very recent; new.
- noun A small, usually round red candy strongly flavored with cinnamon.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Red with heat; heated to redness: as, red-hot iron; red-hot balls.
- Hence Extreme; violent; ardent: as, a red-hot political speech.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Red with heat; heated to redness. Hence, figuratively, excited; violent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Heated to the point that it
glows with a visiblered color . - adjective hyperbolic very hot
- adjective Emotionally charged, especially with
anger orenthusiasm . - adjective Having a very strong
sexual appeal. - adjective Very fresh, new,
recent and up to date. - noun dated, US Alternative spelling of
red hot .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a frankfurter served hot on a bun
- adjective very fast; capable of quick response and great speed
- adjective newest or most recent
- adjective glowing red with heat
- adjective characterized by intense emotion or interest or excitement
- adjective having strong sexual appeal
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Examples
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Expectations for this company were red-hot, that is why we downgraded it, said BGC Partners analyst Colin Gillis, who lowered his rating on the shares days before.
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"Expectations for this company were red-hot, that is why we downgraded it," said BGC Partners analyst Colin Gillis, who lowered his rating on the shares days before.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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"Expectations for this company were red-hot, that is why we downgraded it," said BGC Partners analyst Colin Gillis, who lowered his rating on the shares days before.
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"Expectations for this company were red-hot, that is why we downgraded it," said BGC Partners analyst Colin Gillis, who lowered his rating on the shares days before.
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"Expectations for this company were red-hot, that is why we downgraded it," said BGC Partners analyst Colin Gillis, who lowered his rating on the shares days before.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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"Expectations for this company were red-hot, that is why we downgraded it," said BGC Partners analyst Colin Gillis, who lowered his rating on the shares days before.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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"Expectations for this company were red-hot, that is why we downgraded it," said BGC Partners analyst Colin Gillis, who lowered his rating on the shares days before.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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They reached the finals of the Pac-10 tournament before losing to a red-hot Washington squad, and they decisively outplayed Louisville 77-62 in their first-round NCAA Tournament game.
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SINGAPORE—Private home sales in Singapore rose 29% in April from a month earlier, in a sign that recent government measures to cool the city-state's red-hot property market have yet to temper strong underlying demand.
Singapore Private Home Sales Keep Rising Chun Han Wong 2011
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A log in the fire spit, sending up a spray of red-hot ash.
Haven Kristi Cook 2011
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