piping hot
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see piping, hot: very hot in a way that…Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see piping, hot: very hot in a way that involves sizzling, crackling, or similar noises.
Meaning
2 senses(not comparable)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see piping, hot: very hot in a way that involves sizzling, crackling, or similar noises.
Near-synonyms: boiling hot, scalding hot, steaming hot, steaming, baking hot; see also Thesaurus:hot
Don't touch the pie! It's piping hot, straight out of the oven.
(broadly, idiomatic, not comparable)Very hot.
Watch out — that curling iron is still piping hot.
glühend heiß
горячоgorjačo
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English. First attested circa second half of 14th century, from the similarityFrom Middle English. First attested circa second half of 14th century, from the similarity between the sizzling sound of food cooking in a frying pan and that of musical pipes, from Canterbury Tales http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2383 by Geoffrey Chaucer:
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