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hot-stove

Syllabification: (hot-stove)
Definition of hot-stove

adjective

[attributive]
  • denoting a discussion about a favorite sport carried on during the off-season:hot-stove speculation these postseason fans—known as the hot-stove league—will be in here all winter arguing about the strike zone

Origin:

1950s: by association with discussions conducted around a heater in the winter

hot-stove in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of hot-stove in the British & World English dictionary