hotshot
To give a dose of recreational drugs deliberately laced with poisonTo give (somebody) a dose of recreational drugs deliberately laced with poison.
» Tom thinks he's a real hotshot.
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1 senses(slang)To give (somebody) a dose of recreational drugs deliberately laced with poison.
Examples
5 sentencesTom thinks he's a real hotshot.
He thinks he's a real hotshot.
The media only pays attention to hotshots.
She fell in love with a hotshot lawyer.
She married a hotshot lawyer from New York.
deSie hat einen Spitzenanwalt aus New York geheiratet. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Forms
hotshots, hotshotting, hotshotted, hotshotted| Base form | hotshot · to hotshot |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | hotshots |
| Present participle | hotshotting |
| Past simple | hotshotted |
| Past participle | hotshotted |
irregular
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.