Definitions for red-hot

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Spelling: [adjective red-hot; noun Red-Hot is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 4 points.

You can make 118 anagrams from letters in red-hot (-dehort).

Definitions for red-hot

noun

1. a person who has great fervor or intensity, as for a goal or cause.
2. Informal. a hot dog.
3. a small cinnamon-flavored candy.

adjective

1. red with heat; very hot.
2. creating much excitement, demand, or discussion:
3. violent; furious:
4. characterized by intense excitement, enthusiasm, or passion.
5. very fresh or new; most recent:

Origin of red-hot

Middle English word dating back to 1325-75

Examples for red-hot

Woods were shredded, the earth trembled and the ground exploded in showers of stone and red-hot metal splinters.

They talked of boxing Augustine's ears when they saw that the stove was red-hot.

There was something in her that was red-hot, although she was now a middle-aged woman.

Moral equivalence and malaise, rather than red-hot ideology, motivates Haydon.

Designer Frida Giannini let the collection scream not-so-subtle sexuality, with florescent pinks, silk and red-hot silhouettes.

He could have moved it now for nothing short of a gimlet or a red-hot wire.

Despite his red-hot debate showings—and a retroactive win in Iowa—Senator Sweatervest was basically a nonfactor in Florida.

A shower of red-hot stones warned him that he was near the volcano.

His own skin had sizzled under the red-hot brand, he murmured softly.

He broke three of her ribs with an umbrella and on another occasion hit her with a red-hot poker.