1 (of metal or sth burning) so hot that it looks red:
Red-hot coals glowed in the fire.
2 showing strong feeling:
her red-hot anger
3 (informal) new, exciting and of great interest to people:
a red-hot issue
4 used to describe the person, animal or team that is considered almost certain to win a race, etc:
The race was won by the red-hot favourite.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is red-hot a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, red-hot is tagged as adjective.
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