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HOT STUFF
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being popular
Example:
skiing is hot stuff in New Hampshire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("hot stuff" is a kind of...):
popularity (the quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of being attractive and exciting (especially sexually exciting)
Example:
he thought she was really hot stuff
Synonyms:
hot stuff; voluptuousness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
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)
