Definition of stifling hot
- stifling hot weather
: to withhold from circulation or expression
: to cut off (the voice, the breath, etc.)
: deter, discourage
: the joint next above the hock in the hind leg of a quadruped (such as a horse or dog) corresponding to the human knee — see horse illustration
: having a relatively high temperature
: capable of giving a sensation of heat or of burning, searing, or scalding
: having heat in a degree exceeding normal body heat
: hotly
: fast, quickly
: a period of relatively high temperature : a period of heat
: one that is hot (such as a hot meal or a horse just after a workout)
: strong sexual desire
: heat, warm
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