red-hot

See also: red hot

English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɒt

Alternative forms

Adjective

red-hot (comparative more red-hot, superlative most red-hot)

Heated to the point that it glows with a visible red color.
- 1845, Edgar Allan Poe, The Thousand-And_Second Tale of Scheherazade:
  Among this nation of necromancers there was also one who had in his veins the blood of the salamanders; for he made no scruple of sitting down to smoke his chibouc in a red-hot oven until his dinner was thoroughly roasted upon its floor.
- 1898, Joseph Conrad, Youth:
  The cat heads had burned away, and the two red-hot anchors had gone to the bottom, tearing out after them two hundred fathom of red-hot chain.
The smith's apprentice was still wary of manipulating the red-hot metal.
(hyperbolic) very hot
that curry was red-hot
Emotionally charged, especially with anger or enthusiasm.
He really delivered a red-hot speech today.
Having a very strong sexual appeal.
Did you see that red-hot picture of Liv Tyler in today's paper?
Very fresh, new, recent and up to date.
Tune in at ten to catch this red-hot story!

Related terms

Translations

Heated to the point that it glows with a visible red color.

Icelandic: (glowing red) rauðglóandi m, (figurative, flaming hot) eldheitur m
Maori: miramira
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rødglødende

Spanish: al rojo vivo (es)

very hot

Greek: καυτός (el) (kaftós)

Emotionally charged, especially with anger or enthusiasm.

Icelandic: blossandi m, eldheitur m

Having a very strong sexual appeal.

Very fresh, new, recent and up to date.

Dutch: roodgloeiend (nl)
German: rotglühend

Noun

red-hot (plural red-hots)

(dated, US) Alternative spelling of red hot

See also

white-hot

Anagrams

dehort

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