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RED-HOT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Very fast; capable of quick response and great speed
Example:
a red-hot line drive
Synonyms:
blistering; hot; red-hot
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Similar:
fast (acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Glowing red with heat
Classified under:
Similar:
hot (used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Characterized by intense emotion or interest or excitement
Example:
sizzling political issues
Synonyms:
red-hot; sizzling
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Adjectives
Similar:
hot (extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Newest or most recent
Example:
red-hot information
Synonyms:
hot; red-hot
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Adjectives
Similar:
new (not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Having strong sexual appeal
Example:
a toothsome blonde in a tight dress
Synonyms:
juicy; luscious; lush; red-hot; toothsome; voluptuous
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Adjectives
Similar:
sexy (marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest)
Context examples:
While this attack lasted, the family lived in constant fear of a conflagration, for the odor of burning wood pervaded the house at all hours, smoke issued from attic and shed with alarming frequency, red-hot pokers lay about promiscuously, and Hannah never went to bed without a pail of water and the dinner bell at her door in case of fire.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
But you are spoiling them for me, said I, as he stirred it quickly with a piece of burning wood, striking out of it a train of red-hot sparks that went careering up the little chimney, and roaring out into the air.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
But going on, too, working pretty hard, and busily keeping red-hot all the irons I now had in the fire, I would sit sometimes of a night, opposite my aunt, thinking how I had frightened Dora that time, and how I could best make my way with a guitar-case through the forest of difficulty, until I used to fancy that my head was turning quite grey.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
