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boiling hot

adj

Definitions

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see boiling, hot: very hot in a way that involves boiling of water or other liquids.

    • Near-synonyms: scalding hot, piping hot
    • Ouch! Don't sip your tea quite yet — it's still boiling hot!

  2. Extremely hot (having a high temperature

    Extremely hot (having a high temperature: of an object, the weather, a living creature).

    • Near-synonyms: scalding hot, piping hot, smoking hot
    • Back then, if you were a regular person living in the Deep South, you were going to be boiling hot all summer long, no two ways about it — nobody but rich people had central air at home back then.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA