superhot

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superhot (not comparable)

1. (often figurative) Extremely hot.
   • 2007 August 27, “Arts, Briefly”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The summer has been superhot for Hollywood, as the overall box office reached a record $4 billion, beating the 2004 record of $3.95 billion with one more weekend to go before summer is over.

superhot (plural superhots)

1. A very hot chili pepper.
   • 2012, Kevin Gillespie, David Joachim, Fire in My Belly: Real Cooking, page 241:

     I buy a puree of ghost peppers from Dave's Gourmet, the makers of Dave's Insanity Sauce […] I blend it with cayenne and Vietnamese superhots to make a house hot sauce at Woodfire Grill.

   • 2014, Dave DeWitt, Microfarming for Profit: From Garden to Glory, page 112:

     By the end of the season, my pod count finalized at 781 pods, or approximately thirteen pounds of superhots.