red-hot
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4.6
- adjective
- /rɛd hɑt/
:
vertiginoso
- Andrew Madlinger was red hot from the field, shooting a perfect 6-6, including 3-3 from three-point range to finish with 15 points.
Examples
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That means at 5-6 and facing a red-hot Vanderbilt team next week, the chances of the Deacs going to a bowl are pretty slim.
Blog text (24) -
This guy was supposed to be red-hot.
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While the air was cold, the competition was red hot throughout the day, resulting in a fantastic day of cycling.
Blog text (17) -
Hey little man, is the plancha red hot?
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Well, technically they're room temperature, but in terms of what they can do for your writing career, they're red-hot.
Academic text (2010) -
Complicating matters even more were the Dodgers and suddenly red-hot Phillies.
Blog text (27) -
Red-hot shrapnel sliced across the navigator's left arm and then into the engineer's right arm.
Fiction book (2000) -
Love III decided to "rest" the red-hot and dynamic duo of Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley for the four-ball competition Saturday afternoon.
Blog text (24) -
In a battle between two of the game's brightest young hurlers... 21-year-old Jon Garland will face off against the red-hot Kerry Wood--
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The athlete is on a red-hot streak, winning five races in a row.
Synonyms
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3.2
Able to work or move much faster than normal
24
3.9
Happening very quickly with a lot of action
10
6.7
Very fast in a way that is dangerous
1
5.6
Very fast, moving or happening with great speed
Antonyms
How Fast
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Red-hot uses the parts red and hot because something at very high heat changes and reacts quickly, like sparks from red-hot metal. So when we say a team or market is red-hot, we mean it is performing very fast or in very strong form.