Hot Potato Definition

noun
A problem that is so controversial or sensitive that those handling it risk unpleasant consequences.
Gun control—a political hot potato.
American Heritage
A troubling or seemingly insoluble problem, issue, etc. that no one wants to handle.
Webster's New World

(uncountable) A child's game in which players pass a ball or other item between them, with the object of avoiding being left holding the item when time expires.

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Other Word Forms of Hot Potato

Noun

Singular:
hot potato
Plural:
hot-potatoes

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Words Starting With

HHOHOT

Words Ending With

OTOATO

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hot potato

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