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hot stuff en · NOUN

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Meanings

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic, uncountable) An attractive person. (often used as a come-on or pickup line)
    • Hey, hot stuff, wanna dance?
  2. (colloquial, idiomatic, uncountable) Something excellent or exciting.
    • Both teams think they're hot stuff this year.
    • ‘You got to own that this old Orlando Boop’s pretty hot stuff, having it out with the Baron for scoffing all the best food at his table.’ 1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 84:
  3. (idiomatic, slang, uncountable) Hot bitumen used by roofers.
  4. (uncountable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hot, stuff. (colloquial)
    • That's some real hot stuff you got there on your pizza!