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noun
- 1. an important or exceptionally able person: informal "their latest hotshot recruit"
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HOTSHOT definition: 1. someone who is skilful and successful at something: 2. someone who is skillful and successful…. Learn more.
How to use hotshot in a sentence. a talented or successful person who often has a showy or flashy manner —often used before another noun… See the full definition
Hotshot definition: highly successful and aggressive. See examples of HOTSHOT used in a sentence.
someone who is skillful and successful at something: real hotshot Now he's a lecturer, he thinks he's a real hotshot! hotshot at She's quite a hotshot at chess. Synonyms. ace. sensation. virtuoso. whiz (EXPERT) US informal approving. wizard (PERSON) informal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Experts and specialists.
HOT SHOT definition: an expert or someone who is very successful in their job, especially someone young: . Learn more.
Hotshot is an informal word for an expert or a whiz. The math hotshot in your calculus class is probably the first person whose hand is raised to answer the teacher's question, and several colleges will no doubt try to recruit a high school basketball hotshot.
hot·shot. (hŏt′shŏt′) n. 1. Slang A person of impressive skill and daring, especially one who is highly successful and self-assured. 2. A nonstop freight train. hot′shot′ adj. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
1. US. a person regarded by others or personally as an expert in some activity or as very important, aggressive, or skillful. often used ironically and attributively. 2. US. a fast freight train. Also written hot shot, hot-shot. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Definition of hotshot noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Hotshot definition: highly successful and aggressive. See examples of HOTSHOT used in a sentence.
