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HOT STUFF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hot stuff mean?
• HOT STUFF (noun)
The noun HOT STUFF has 2 senses:
1. the quality of being attractive and exciting (especially sexually exciting)
2. the quality of being popular
Familiarity information: HOT STUFF used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being attractive and exciting (especially sexually exciting)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
hot stuff; voluptuousness
Context example:
he thought she was really hot stuff
Hypernyms ("hot stuff" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of being popular
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
skiing is hot stuff in New Hampshire
Hypernyms ("hot stuff" is a kind of...):
popularity (the quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after)
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