- hotshot
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noun
Usage: often attributive
Date: circa 1925
1. a fast freight
2. a person who is conspicuously talented or successful <a hotshot lawyer>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
hotshot
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Hotshot — Hot shot , n. a successful, self confident person who is regarded by others as highly skilled; sometimes used ironically in reference to aggressive persons whose opinion of their own talents is considered exaggerated. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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hotshot — 1. adjective a) Highly skilled. He was a hotshot lawyer, with an astounding win loss record. b) Displaying talent. Keep up those hotshot baskets, the scouts are sure to take notice. 2. noun Someone with exceptional skills in a c … Wiktionary
hotshot — I adj Expert. Malcolm, they say, is a hotshot reporter for a big newspaper up north. 1940s II n A person who thinks he is very important. Look at Bud with his collar up; he thinks he is such a hotshot. 1930s … Historical dictionary of American slang
hotshot — [[t]hɒ̱tʃɒt[/t]] hotshots N COUNT: oft N n If you refer to someone as a hotshot, you mean they are very good at a particular job and are going to be very successful. ...a bunch of corporate hotshots... She s a hotshot broker on Wall Street … English dictionary
hotshot — noun (C) informal someone who is very successful and confident hotshot adjective: a hotshot lawyer … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
