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 

• HOT STUFF (noun)

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)