hot stuff

noun

: someone or something that is unusually good or popular

: a person who is considered hot (sense 5b) : a sexually attractive person

Full Definition of HOT STUFF

: someone or something unusually good

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1889

Synonyms: beaut, beauty, bee's knees, cat's meow, corker, crackerjack (also crackajack), daisy, dandy, dilly, doozy (or doozie also doozer), dream, honey, jim–dandy, humdinger, hummer, knockout, lollapalooza, lulu [slang], nifty, peach, pip, pippin, ripper, ripsnorter, snorter, sockdolager (or sockdologer), standout, sweetheart

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