hot stuff

noun

An attractive person. (often used as a come-on or pickup line)

“Hey, hot stuff, wanna dance?”

Meanings

nounhot stuff (uncountable)
  1. colloquialidiomaticuncountableAn attractive person. (often used as a come-on or pickup line)

    Hey, hot stuff, wanna dance?

  2. 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
  3. idiomaticslanguncountableHot bitumen used by roofers.
  4. uncountableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hot, stuff. (colloquial)

    That's some real hot stuff you got there on your pizza!

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe quality of being attractive and exciting (especially sexually exciting)

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hot stuff,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hot%20stuff.

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