Hotshot Definition
hŏtshŏt
hotshots
noun
A person of impressive skill and daring, especially one who is highly successful and self-assured.
American Heritage
A person regarded by others or personally as an expert in some activity or as very important, aggressive, or skillful.
Webster's New World
A fast freight train.
Webster's New World
Someone with exceptional skills in a certain field.
She sure was a hotshot on the keyboard, 93 words per minute!
Wiktionary
A type of firefighter highly skilled in wildfire firefighting without external support, using basic tools that are backpacked in, and manhandled about.
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adjective
Highly skilled.
He was a hotshot lawyer, with an astounding win-loss record.
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Displaying talent.
Keep up those hotshot baskets, the scouts are sure to take notice.
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Other Word Forms of Hotshot
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