Meaning

6 senses
  1. (informal)Someone with exceptional skills in a certain field.

    She sure was a hotshot on the keyboard, 93 words per minute!

    уме́лецumélec, уме́лицаumélica, знато́кznatók

  2. A type of firefighter highly skilled in wildfire firefighting without external support, using basic tools that are backpacked in and manhandled about.

  3. (US)A portable device that is used to jump-start an automobile battery, or the electrical output of such a device.

  4. (US)A fast freight train.

  5. (slang)A dose of recreational drugs deliberately laced with poison.

  6. A lethal injection of heroin or another opiate.

More definitions
  • someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Tom thinks he's a real hotshot.

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  2. He thinks he's a real hotshot.

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  3. The media only pays attention to hotshots.

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  4. She fell in love with a hotshot lawyer.

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  5. She married a hotshot lawyer from New York.

    deSie hat einen Spitzenanwalt aus New York geheiratet.

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Translations

2 languages
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By meaning 1
someone with exceptional skills in a certain field:

Forms

plural: hotshots

Synonyms

15 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

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