hot
- adjective
- /hɑt/
- Literature
- What's the hot gossip on the inside?
- a hot topic
- a hot issue
- hot areas of research
So this is a book that is quite literally hot off the presses.
- So this is a book that is quite literally hot off the presses.
- Okay, so up next, we got another sort of hot off the presses.
Examples
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Curriculum policy continues to be a hot issue in the news throughout the United States.
Academic text (2000) -
Let's bring up some topics that we have so hot off the press, Russell Brand.
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So, your story on the film company just got red hot.
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Get it while it's hot.
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This is the hottest story since the Chicago fire!
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As usual, the good news comes hot on the heels of the bad.
Fiction book (1999) -
John could recall other "hot" topics over the past few months.
Fiction book (1992) -
Is that the hot tip that brought you up here at this ungodly hour?
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I just got a rather hot message from design that their new employee wasn't in yet.
Fiction book (1999) -
This is the hot story since the Chicago fire!
Synonyms
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Do something quickly to use a good chance before it ends
- Informal
To feel very excited about something and then lose interest often
Very nervous and unable to stay still because of worry or excitement
Compounds
- Informal
A position where someone is under strong pressure and criticism because of their responsibilities
- Specialized
A sudden hot feeling and heavy sweating that often happens during menopause
A small portable electric cooker with one or two burners for cooking and keeping food warm
A container filled with hot water to warm a bed or soothe a part of the body
A warm drink of alcohol, hot water, sugar and spices often used to soothe a sore throat
- Specialized
A way of sending detailed information that needs little effort from people who receive it, like radio or film
A park in Arkansas with natural hot springs people visit for bathing and health
A plant with cream colored flowers that grows in rocky soil in the western United States
- Specialized
A type of metal that stays hard at high temperatures used to make cutting tools like drills
How Recent
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hot was used for things that were still warm and new, so people say 'hot' news for information that just arrived or is breaking now. That's why hot means newly received or very recent information.