red-hot

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red-hot • adj. 1. (of a substance) so hot as to glow red: red-hot coals. ∎  very hot, esp. too hot to touch: the red-hot handle burned his hand | fig. the red-hot attack letter they received last week. 2. extremely exciting or popular: red-hot jazz. ∎  very passionate: a red-hot lover.

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