hot stuff
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7.2
- noun
- Informal
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- When I was twenty-three, I thought I was pretty hot stuff.
- pretty hot stuff
- think you're hot stuff
- hot stuff, baby
I mean, they just think they're hot stuff, right?
- I mean, they just think they're hot stuff, right?
- And I know so many of you do not want your legs fully on display or you just want to look like hot stuff.
- So the headlines on next week's Guam Daily News were US sailor, a sales policy of discrimination, big hot stuff, all right.
Examples
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You think you're pretty hot stuff, huh?
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I thought I was hot stuff.
Fiction book (2001) -
How about you, hot stuff?
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I mean, this is hot stuff, huh?
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You are hot stuff, lady.
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In the last year, mommybloggers have become hot stuff.
Blog text (32) -
I'm not a beer lover, but my pals who are think it's pretty hot stuff.
Fiction book (1990) -
You're pretty hot stuff, Mr. Scudder, sir.
Fiction book (1994) -
Billings was dull, and we felt like hot stuff around those hay farmers and cowboys.
Fiction book (1990) -
Everyone at the party was talking about the new band; they were real hot stuff.
Synonyms
49
9.5
A very good-looking person
5
9.9
A rude word for a person or thing that is very impressive and popular
1
8.5
A thing that many people like and find exciting right now
Antonyms
How Desirable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Given the provided constituent meanings ('hot' = highly sought/attractive; 'stuff' = things/qualities), the phrase is a straightforward composition: 'stuff' that is 'hot' => something popular, attractive or exciting. This pattern is semantically regular and likely inferable by a B1 learner who already knows the two words.
Etymology
The phrase hot stuff may come from the image of something just out of the oven—hot and wanted stuff that people rush to get. That's why the phrase is used to call someone or something 'very popular' or 'attractive'.