crash hot

English

Alternative forms

• crash-hot

Etymology

Perhaps a nonstandard adverbial usage of crash (“extremely”) + hot (“performing well”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

crash hot (comparative more crash hot, superlative most crash hot)

1. (slang, Australia, New Zealand) Very good, excellent; very well.

   Well well well, don′t you look crash hot in your new sunnies!

   I'm sorry boss, I can′t come in to work today, I′m not feeling too crash hot.

   • 1991, Antonio Casella, The Sensualist‎^[1], page 28:

     Certainly Nick isn′t too crash hot on the old pen, something which he admits freely.

   • 2005, Elizabeth Woolsey Herbert, Horse Doctor: An American Vet's Life Down Under‎^[2], page 11:

     I collected the semen, and while it didn′t look crash hot (Australian for “great”), it was okay.

   • 2006, Nick Ireland, The Popondetta Butterfly‎^[3], page 65:

     In any event, Gout wasn′t the most crash hot golfer going around so he needed to use gamesmanship as much as he could.

   • 2010, Tanya McKechnie, Honour Bound, page 59:

     You should know that your reputation isn′t crash hot either. No-one likes you, Hicks.

Usage notes

Apparently most often used in the negative as a form of sarcasm, e.g. "That doesn't smell crash hot, does it?!"

Synonyms

• brilliant, fantastic