hissing hot

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hissing hot

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dated, idiomatic, not comparable Very hot. And in the height of this bath, when I was more than half stewed in grease, like a Dutch dish, to be thrown into the Thames, and cooled, glowing hot, in that surge, like a horse-shoe; think of that,—hissing hot,—think of that, Master Brook.
Similar: piping hot, searing hot, smoking hot

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@misc{hissing_hot_2026,
  title = {hissing hot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hissing%20hot},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}