stifling hot

: 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