a hot number
a hot number
1. A person who is very sexually attractive. I met a real hot number last night. I could barely take my eyes off of him!
2. Someone or something that is particularly trendy, popular, or fashionable at the moment. That new talking robotic doll is definitely a hot number going into the holiday season. The movie star has become a really hot number in the media lately.
See also: hot, number
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
hot number
Also, hot stuff. Someone or something that is currently popular or fashionable; also, someone or something unconventional or daring. For example, That new song is going to be a hot number, or He really thinks he's hot stuff. These slangy expressions use hot in the sense of "recent" or "fresh," a usage dating from the 1300s, although hot stuff dates from the 1700s and hot number from about 1900.
See also: hot, number
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
hot number
1. n. an exciting piece of music. Now here’s a hot number by the Wanderers.
2. n. an attractive or sexy girl or woman. Who’s that hot number I saw you with last night?
See also: hot, number
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- hot number
- hot stuff
- hot
- give (someone) the horn
- sex up
- smoking hot
- studly
- drive (someone) wild
- stone fox
- be hot to trot