red-hot

1 of 2

adjective

: extremely hot: such as
a
: glowing with heat
b
: exhibiting or marked by intense emotion, enthusiasm, or violence
a red-hot campaign
c
: fresh, new
red-hot news
d
: extremely popular

red hot

2 of 2

noun

1
: one who shows intense emotion or partisanship
2
3
: a small red candy strongly flavored with cinnamon

Examples of red-hot in a Sentence

Noun the inflammatory language favored by the red hots is simply polarizing voters and stifling all dialogue
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
Her red-hot look, designed by Ellie Misner, featured a corseted tube top and matching lace-up mermaid skirt that bared her butt, worn with a black G-string underneath. Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024 Gout is an exquisitely painful type of arthritis, which flares when uric acid crystals settle into people’s joints, causing red-hot bouts of severe inflammation. Peter Ubel, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024 But both sides were red-hot in the final 20 minutes, as MU shot 61.5% to UF’s 62.5%. Kansas City Star, 29 Feb. 2024 The expansion in the nation’s gross domestic product – the economy’s total output of goods and services – slipped from a red-hot 4.9% from July through September. Michelle Chapman and Paul Wiseman, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Feb. 2024 There were two main draws that year – a red-hot Adele, who won six awards, and Whitney Houston, who had died the previous afternoon. Paul Grein, Billboard, 28 Feb. 2024 These taxes had been introduced as early as 2010 to cool the city’s once red-hot property market, a pillar of the economy. Laura He, CNN, 28 Feb. 2024 The expansion in the nation's gross domestic product — the economy's total output of goods and services — slipped from a red-hot 4.9% from July through September. Paul Wiseman, Quartz, 28 Feb. 2024 The expansion in the nation’s gross domestic product — the economy’s total output of goods and services — slipped from a red-hot 4.9% from July through September. Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1835, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of red-hot was in the 14th century

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“Red-hot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red-hot. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

red-hot

adjective
ˈred-ˈhät
1
: glowing red with heat
2
: marked by much feeling, enthusiasm, or energy
a red-hot political campaign
3
: newly made or received
red-hot news
4
: very popular

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