hot stuff

noun

Definition of hot stuffnext
as in something else
something very good of its kind it sounds pretty ordinary now, but their music was hot stuff in its time

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Recent Examples of hot stuff Yeah, who would’ve thought that putting hot stuff up your rectum could be risky. — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025 There was a time when atomic clocks looked like pretty hot stuff. — David Szondy, New Atlas, 12 Jan. 2025 At the time, Walk Score was hot stuff, building an online product that would quantify walkability by address. — Roger Valdez, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025 But ketamine, as my colleagues Salvador Hernandez and Richard Winton reported earlier this year, has become hot stuff among the rich and famous. — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024 Wednesday warms a bit before the really hot stuff makes a comeback for the Fourth, when shower and storms chance could return as well. — Molly Robey, Washington Post, 30 June 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hot stuff
  1. beauty
  2. dream
  3. wonder
  4. phenomenon
Noun
  • This hermetic secrecy is how Allure beauty director Sarah Kinonen and I recently found ourselves in the bathroom of a suite in the Aman hotel on New York’s Fifth Avenue, brushing our teeth while members of the Dyson public relations team looked on.
    — Jenny Bailly, Allure, 1 Sep. 2026
  • As the affiliate industry grows, particularly for fashion brands and beauty brands which increasingly route a growing share of sales through such links, the answer is getting harder to parse.
    — Tom Matsuda, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of beauty
Noun
  • Meanwhile, the Young Bucks will challenge Adam Copeland and Christian Cage for the AEW World Tag Team Championship in a dream match between teams from different generations.
    — Rob Wolkenbrod, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Pop, in making his dream a reality, became a hero and a torchbearer.
    — Taran Dugal, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of dream
Noun
  • The space telescope hasn't just collected incredible data; its images have also given the general public a new appreciation for the beauty and wonder of space.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Although an Assassin's Creed-style parkour system would do wonders for the game's movement given the setting, the protagonist's magical steed was a joy to ride.
    — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of wonder
Noun
  • The show became a global phenomenon in the hands of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May and producer Andy Wilman.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026
  • While prediction markets’ explosive growth is a recent phenomenon, event contracts aren’t new and are just another prior innovation within that framework, not a departure from it.
    — Brian Quintenz, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of phenomenon

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“Hot stuff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hot%20stuff. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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