Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person or thing of exceptional quality, skill, or popularity: "Hot stuff" refers to someone or something that is considered excellent, outstanding, or currently very fashionable and in demand.
   • A person considered very attractive and exciting: "Hot stuff" is also used informally to describe a person, often with a strong implication of sexual attractiveness or charisma.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • That new jazz band is hot stuff; everyone wants to see them perform.
  • She's not just a good programmer; in machine learning, she's considered hot stuff.
  • He walked into the party thinking he was hot stuff in his new suit.

Advanced Usage

• "to be hot stuff": to be considered exceptionally good, skilled, or attractive.
  • After winning the championship, the young athlete was hot stuff in the sports world.
• "to think one is hot stuff": to have a high, often arrogant, opinion of oneself.
  • Ever since his promotion, he's been acting like he's hot stuff.

Variants and Related Words

• Hotshot (noun): an important or exceptionally able person. (Note: This is a related but distinct compound word).
  • He's a hotshot lawyer from the big city.
• Hot (adjective): having a high temperature; very popular or skillful. (This is the base adjective from which the idiom is derived).

Synonyms

• Sensation: a person, object, or event that causes great public interest and excitement.
• Big shot: an important or influential person.
• Knockout: a person or thing of overwhelming attractiveness or excellence (informal).

Idioms and Phrases

• Hot property: a person or thing that is highly sought after. (This is a closely related idiom).
  • The young striker is hot property for all the top football clubs.
• The next big thing: a person or thing predicted to become very popular or important. (This is a conceptual synonym).
  • Critics are calling her the next big thing in abstract painting.

Noun

1. the quality of being popular
   • skiing is hot stuff in New Hampshire
2. the quality of being attractive and exciting (especially sexually exciting)
   • he thought she was really hot stuff