hot stuff

noun

: someone or something unusually good

Examples of hot stuff in a Sentence

His music was hot stuff back then. The new guy in her office is hot stuff.
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Yeah, who would’ve thought that putting hot stuff up your rectum could be risky. Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025 But for their own era, the ‘98 Padres were hot stuff. Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2025 There was a time when atomic clocks looked like pretty hot stuff. David Szondy, New Atlas, 12 Jan. 2025 At the time, Walk Score was hot stuff, building an online product that would quantify walkability by address. Roger Valdez, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025 There was a time when atomic clocks looked like pretty hot stuff. David Szondy, New Atlas, 12 Jan. 2025 At the time, Walk Score was hot stuff, building an online product that would quantify walkability by address. Roger Valdez, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025 But ketamine, as my colleagues Salvador Hernandez and Richard Winton reported earlier this year, has become hot stuff among the rich and famous. Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024 Wednesday warms a bit before the really hot stuff makes a comeback for the Fourth, when shower and storms chance could return as well. Molly Robey, Washington Post, 30 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hot stuff was in 1894

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“Hot stuff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20stuff. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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