as in boiling
having a notably high temperature
the appeal of piping hot cocoa after an afternoon of shoveling snow
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Recent Examples of piping hot
With a 90-second bake at 900 degrees, the pizzas come out piping hot and decidedly delicious.
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Samantha Husted, Charlotte Observer, 16 Jan. 2025
Whipping up piping hot soups, stews, and roasts is one of the best ways to warm up on a cold evening.
—Maggie Horton, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025
Take, for example, pho, a noodle soup usually consisting of either beef or chicken broth that is simmered for hours before being served piping hot with a heaping plate of crunchy leafy greens and various aromatic herbs.
—Christina Liao, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2024
But, in this weather, everyone deserves a piping hot bowl of ramen.
—Naheed Rajwani-Dharsi, Axios, 11 Dec. 2024
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Samantha Husted, Charlotte Observer, 16 Jan. 2025
Whipping up piping hot soups, stews, and roasts is one of the best ways to warm up on a cold evening.
—Maggie Horton, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025
Take, for example, pho, a noodle soup usually consisting of either beef or chicken broth that is simmered for hours before being served piping hot with a heaping plate of crunchy leafy greens and various aromatic herbs.
—Christina Liao, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2024
But, in this weather, everyone deserves a piping hot bowl of ramen.
—Naheed Rajwani-Dharsi, Axios, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for piping hot
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One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Scientific American,
3 Mar. 2020
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If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
3 Dec. 2019
Adjective
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The main topic of conversation was how the duo turned a photo album featuring the banal daily activities of workers at Auschwitz-Birkenau into a searing play.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2025
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Every actor’s Hamlet is theirs and theirs alone, and Olivier’s is big and hammy and searing and often quite devastating.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2025
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And in the dead of Southern summers, the last thing any sleeper wants to encounter is being hot, and that’s where science steps in.—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
23 Mar. 2025
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Wiggins was hot, but the Heat’s leading duo was relatively quiet.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Ben Johnson has a ‘burning desire’ to be a head coach.—
Brad Biggs,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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For answers to more burning questions about Season 2, plus Season 3 clues (including which Season 1 character will be coming back), read Deadline’s interview with The Night Agent showrunner Shawn Ryan.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
24 Jan. 2025
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However, these formations can also arise from volcanic processes, such as the rapid cooling of molten rock droplets during an eruption, or from meteorite impacts, upon which vaporized rocks condense.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Joining other efforts to decarbonize the steel-production process such as those using hydrogen to refine iron ore, Boston Metal has pioneered a process known as molten oxide electrolysis (MOE).—
Michael Franco,
New Atlas,
13 Mar. 2025
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