piping hot

adjective

Definition of piping hot

: very hot

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Examples of piping hot in a Sentence

The coffee was served piping hot. the appeal of piping hot cocoa after an afternoon of shoveling snow

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Fried chicken wings are piping hot, paper-crisp and encased in a salty-sweet fish sauce lacquer. Dominic Armato, azcentral, "The best restaurants in Mesa," 15 July 2019 Frontier Burger takes dessert to the fryer, too, with the option of a cherry or apple hand pie ($1.59) served piping hot. Chuck Blount, ExpressNews.com, "52 Weeks of Burgers: Frontier Burger," 12 July 2019 In our testing, the Keurig was able to bring water to the optimal temperature for producing good-tasting coffee and the final brew was piping hot. The Good Housekeeping Institute, Good Housekeeping, "Keurig K-Compact Single Serve Coffee Maker," 9 Aug. 2017 Thompson also demonstrates the proper way to enjoy a cup of piping hot tea. Nicole Saunders, Harper's BAZAAR, "Rickey Thompson Breaks Down Everything You Need to Know About Royal Etiquette," 5 June 2019 Coffee is piping hot at the end of the cycle and stays hot for up to two hours in the glass carafe when kept on the heating element. The Good Housekeeping Institute, Good Housekeeping, "Kenmore 12-Cup Programmable Aroma Control Coffee Maker #367101," 10 Mar. 2014 The Kylie Cosmetics Kylie Jenner x Jordyn Woods collection is still piping hot from the beauty ovens, but that hasn't stopped our favorite young billionaire from teasing even more new products. Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, "Kylie Jenner Teased Two New Peach and Burgundy Eye Shadow Palettes," 26 Sep. 2018 Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, is ready to spill some delicious, piping hot tea (probably of the Earl Grey variety). Madison Medeiros, refinery29.com, "Camilla Is Spilling Royal Family Tea About Meghan Markle," 23 May 2018 Just like no one honestly believes Millie Bobby Brown throws piping hot McCafés at people who wear pride T-shirts at McDonald’s. Alex Abad-santos, Vox, "How the “homophobic Millie Bobby Brown” meme made the actress quit Twitter.," 14 June 2018

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First Known Use of piping hot

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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piping hot

adjective

English Language Learners Definition of piping hot

of food or drink : very hot