piping hot

adjective

Definition of piping hotnext
as in boiling
having a notably high temperature the appeal of piping hot cocoa after an afternoon of shoveling snow

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Recent Examples of piping hot Serving up some piping hot Millennial nostalgia, complete with Kathy Bates and Jessica Tandy. — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 29 May 2026 The Chinese-style dumplings are fresh, piping hot and made with tasty fillings such as chicken and sweet corn and shrimp and pork. — Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 29 May 2026 Mission Pizza Owned by former Wake Forest soccer player and Winston-Salem native Peyton Smith, Mission Pizza serves up piping hot pies from its wood-burning oven. — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2026 As Nara recommends, this dish is best piping hot or at least warm. — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for piping hot
Recent Examples of Synonyms for piping hot
  1. boiling
  2. searing
  3. hot
  4. burning
  5. molten
Adjective
  • More humane methods of killing lobsters pre-boiling include a sharp knife through the head, electrical stunning, or freezing.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Agrawal and her team studied ionic liquids — salts that are liquid at sub-boiling temperatures (below 212 degrees Fahrenheit, or 100 degrees Celsius) — as a potential hospitable environment for life.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Definition of boiling
Adjective
  • Arguably the highest-profile contract cancellation for Flock came when the Los Angeles Police Department decided to non-renew its years-long contract with the company, a decision motivated by a searing internal audit of the company’s technology.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The searing new memoir, ‘The Wound Is Where the Light Enters,’ details Young’s journey from a mandatory life sentence to freedom through self-education and an extraordinary legal fight.
    — Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of searing
Adjective
  • Hundreds of firefighters are working long shifts to slow the Spokane Complex Fire ahead of hotter and drier conditions this weekend.
    — Morgan Chesky, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Those works appear particularly timely, as parts of Europe continue to bear the brunt of one of its hottest summers on record, forcing some museums and monuments to partially or entirely close.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of hot
Adjective
  • Prosecutors said some of the money was used for recruiting new members and purchasing Ku Klux Klan robes and materials for cross-burning ceremonies.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 July 2026
  • In the case of the cross-burning incident, there is no comparison to the Jussie Smollett case.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
Definition of burning
Adjective
  • Located about 140 light-years away, this rocky world orbits so close to its host star that its surface is believed to be molten.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Johannes said, adding that the greatest difficulty in creating the bell is the risk that molten metal pressure will destroy the mold.
    — Philipp Jenne, Fortune, 30 July 2026
Definition of molten

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“Piping hot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piping%20hot. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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