piping hot



piping hot

[of food] extremely hot. On a cold day, I like to eat piping hot soup. Be careful! This coffee is piping hot!
See also: hot

piping hot

Very hot, as in These biscuits are piping hot. This idiom alludes to something so hot that it makes a piping or hissing sound. [Late 1300s]
See also: hot

piping hot

Very hot: piping hot biscuits.
See also: hot

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
GracÍLiagrə-SEEL-yəPortuguese
KennithKEN-ithEnglish
Sommer['sʌmə]
CÄCilie-German
DŨNg-Vietnamese
BenteBEN-te (Danish, Norwegian), BEN-tə (Dutch)Danish, Norwegian, Dutch