"crash hot" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: EN-AU ck1 crash hot.ogg [Australia] Forms: more crash hot [comparative], most crash hot [superlative]
Etymology: Perhaps a nonstandard adverbial usage of crash (“extremely”) + hot (“performing well”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|crash||extremely}} crash (“extremely”), {{m|en|hot||performing well}} hot (“performing well”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} crash hot (comparative more crash hot, superlative most crash hot)
  1. (slang, Australia, New Zealand) Very good, excellent; very well. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, slang Synonyms: brilliant, fantastic, crash-hot
    Sense id: en-crash_hot-en-adj-h70DtrIg Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, New Zealand English

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