piping hot
Just off stove
Piping hot means extremely hot, especially of food or drink fresh from cooking: The soup arrived piping hot.
The phrase comes from the hissing or whistling sound that steam makes escaping from very hot food—like the sound of a pipe or whistle.
She served the coffee piping hot.
- bubblingForming gas spheres
- scaldingExtremely hot, burning
- sizzlingHissing from heat
- boilingLiquid vaporization temperature
- steamingReleasing hot vapor
steam rising · scorching · heated · molten · burn · blistering · searing · tongue · fresh out of the oven · mouthwatering · stew · soup · bowl of soup · simmering · blazing · toasty · cooked · fiery