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hot as a pistol

hot as a pistol is the alternative form of hotter than a pistol.

Meaning of hotter than a pistol

Adjective

hotter than a pistol (comparative form only)

  1. (comparative-only, set phrase) Very hot.
    • "Warm day out there on the highway. . . . It's only June. By the Fourth it'll be hotter than a pistol around here."2008, Dorothy Garlock, A Place Called Rainwater, →ISBN
  2. (Canada, US, comparative-only, idiomatic) Exceptionally popular, productive, or marketable.
    • "Carl Perkins and I were in Amory, Mississippi, with Elvis. Now Elvis, of course, was hotter than a pistol. He had his second record out."1988, Steve Turner, “Interview with Johnny Cash”, in The Man Called CASH, published 2005, →ISBN

Questions about hot as a pistol

What is hot as a pistol the alternative form of?
Hot as a pistol is the alternative form of hotter than a pistol.

Words near hot as a pistol in the dictionary

  1. hot and cold
  2. hot and heavy
  3. hot and high
  4. hot and sour soup
  5. hot and sour soups
  6. hot as a pistol
  7. hot as blazes
  8. hot as fire
  9. hot as Hades
  10. hot as hell
  11. hot as hell's hinges

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