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
Dan (1)DAN (English)Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew
ChristiKRIS-teeEnglish
Fowler['faulə]
Faraji-Eastern African, Swahili
Merit (1)MER-itEnglish (Rare)
Terentiy-Russian