Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boiling hot

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.73 in modern English

Syllables: boil-ing hot
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see boiling, hot: very hot in a way that involves boiling of water or other liquids.

adj

Extremely hot (having a high temperature: of an object, the weather, a living creature).

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: scalding hot, piping hot"
"Ouch! Don't sip your tea quite yet — it's still boiling hot!"
"Near-synonyms: scalding hot, piping hot, smoking hot"
"Back then, if you were a regular person living in the Deep South, you were going to be boiling hot all summer long, no two ways about it — nobody but rich people had central air at home back then."

Inflected Forms

boiling-hot (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

smoking hot

Synonyms

scalding hot piping hot smoking hot

Questions

What does boiling hot mean?: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see boiling, hot: very hot in a way that involves boiling of water or other liquids.

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