Though time hadn't dragged too heavily, what with talking and eating and drinking and three hot games of checkers between Wolfe and Saul, all draws, we were yawning.
1782, Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths, The Monthly Review, page 125:
Bullets are hot, he observes, that have been discharged from wind-guns, and cross-bows; especially when they have impinged against any hard body.
There are no old guns to load down for, so the factory ammo is hot, accurate stuff. The stainless Delta Elite won't rust in the rain so readily and ...
2015, Allan V. Cotter, Sleight of Light: A William Horner Conflict, FriesenPress (→ISBN), page 185:
Bullets are hot; they'll show up on the thermal imager. You really want us to shoot either side of that tree?” “Yes, about thirty meters to either side of ...
