Meanings
plural red hots · alternative red-hot
- USMidwestA frankfurter, a hot dog.
comparative more red hot · superlative most red hot · alternative red-hot
- alternativeAlternative form of red-hot.
The lights of Luluabourg disappeared, and we were in the blackness of the African night, which was continuously pierced by the showers of red sparks ejected skywards and red hot ashes deposited on the track as the fireman rocked his fire.
1958 February 28, Arthur F. Beckenham, “A Journey in the Belgian Congo”, in Railway Magazine, page 93
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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