adj
Meaning 1
Highly skilled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- He was a hotshot lawyer, with an astounding win-loss record.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hotshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈhɒtˌʃɒt/
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CMU ARPABET: HH AA1 SH AA2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Displaying talent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- Keep up those hotshot baskets, and the scouts are sure to take notice.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Someone with exceptional skills in a certain field.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- She sure was a hotshot on the keyboard, 93 words per minute!
Meaning relationships
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noun
Meaning 4
A type of firefighter highly skilled in wildfire firefighting without external support, using basic tools that are backpacked in and manhandled about.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 5
A portable device that is used to jump-start an automobile battery, or the electrical output of such a device.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
Meaning 6
A fast freight train.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 7
A dose of recreational drugs deliberately laced with poison.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 8
A lethal injection of heroin or another opiate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 9
To give (somebody) a dose of recreational drugs deliberately laced with poison.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, transitive
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noun
Meaning 10
someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: expert
Narrower terms: track star
History
Etymology
From hot + shot.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: huippu- — highly skilled
- Russian: иску́сный (iskúsnyj) — highly skilled
- Russian: уме́лый (umélyj) — highly skilled
- Russian: дарови́тый (darovítyj) — highly skilled
- Finnish: taidokas — displaying talent
- Russian: тала́нтливый (talántlivyj) — displaying talent
- Russian: дарови́тый (darovítyj) — displaying talent
- Russian: одарённый (odarjónnyj) — displaying talent
- Finnish: taituri — someone with exceptional skills in a certain field
- Finnish: -niekka — someone with exceptional skills in a certain field
- Finnish: ässä — someone with exceptional skills in a certain field
- French: as — someone with exceptional skills in a certain field
- French: champion — someone with exceptional skills in a certain field
- French: bête — someone with exceptional skills in a certain field
- French: machine — someone with exceptional skills in a certain field
- Russian: уме́лец (umélec) — someone with exceptional skills in a certain field
- Russian: уме́лица (umélica) — someone with exceptional skills in a certain field
- Russian: знато́к (znatók) — someone with exceptional skills in a certain field
- Russian: до́ка (dóka) — someone with exceptional skills in a certain field
- Russian: спец (spec) — someone with exceptional skills in a certain field