Meanings
- colloquialidiomaticuncountableAn attractive person. (often used as a come-on or pickup line)
Hey, hot stuff, wanna dance?
- colloquialidiomaticuncountableSomething excellent or exciting.
Both teams think they're hot stuff this year.
1 more example
‘You got to own that this old Orlando Boop’s pretty hot stuff, having it out with the Baron for scoffing all the best food at his table.’
1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 84 - idiomaticslanguncountableHot bitumen used by roofers.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe quality of being attractive and exciting (especially sexually exciting)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Cite this entry
hot stuff. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hot%20stuff
“hot stuff.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hot%20stuff. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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