Meanings
comparative more crash hot · superlative most crash hot · alternative crash-hot
- AustraliaNew ZealandslangVery good, excellent; very well.
Well well well, don′t you look crash hot in your new sunnies?
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I'm sorry, boss. I can′t come in to work today: I′m not feeling too crash hot.
Certainly Nick isn′t too crash hot on the old pen, something which he admits freely.
1991, Antonio Casella, The Sensualist, page 28I collected the semen, and while it didn′t look crash hot (Australian for “great”), it was okay.
2005, Elizabeth Woolsey Herbert, Horse Doctor: An American Vet's Life Down Under, page 11In any event, Gout wasn′t the most crash hot golfer going around so he needed to use gamesmanship as much as he could.
2006, Nick Ireland, The Popondetta Butterfly, page 65You should know that your reputation isn′t crash hot either. No-one likes you, Hicks.
2010, Tanya McKechnie, Honour Bound, page 59
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Perhaps a nonstandard adverbial usage of crash (“extremely”) + hot (“performing well”).
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