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
Sorne-Basque
Juliet['dʒu:ljət]
Petur-Faroese
Arushi-Hinduism, Indian, Hindi
Melanthamə-LAN-thəEnglish (Rare)
ErnoER-noFinnish