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hotshot

hot·shot
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hot-shot]
    • /ˈhɒtˌʃɒt/
    • /ˈhɒt.ʃɒt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hot-shot]
    • /ˈhɒtˌʃɒt/

Definitions of hotshot word

  • adjective hotshot highly successful and aggressive: a hotshot lawyer; a hotshot account exec. 1
  • adjective hotshot displaying skill flamboyantly: a hotshot ballplayer. 1
  • adjective hotshot moving, going, or operating without a stop; fast: a hotshot express. 1
  • noun hotshot an impressively successful or skillful and often vain person. 1
  • noun hotshot Railroads. an express freight train. 1
  • noun hotshot a firefighter. 1

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Origin of hotshot

First appearance:

before 1595
One of the 38% oldest English words
First recorded in 1595-1605; hot + shot1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Hotshot

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

hotshot popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for hotshot

adj hotshot

  • adroit — Someone who is adroit is quick and skilful in their thoughts, behaviour, or actions.
  • proficient — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
  • deft — A deft action is skilful and often quick.
  • capable — If a person or thing is capable of doing something, they have the ability to do it.
  • skillful — having or exercising skill: a skillful juggler.

noun hotshot

  • navigator — Netscape Navigator
  • flier — something that flies, as a bird or insect.
  • pilot — a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
  • jockey — a person who rides horses professionally in races.
  • eagle — any of several large, soaring birds of prey belonging to the hawk family Accipitridae, noted for their size, strength, and powers of flight and vision: formerly widespread in North America, eagles are mostly confined to Alaska and a few isolated populations. Compare bald eagle, golden eagle.

adjective hotshot

  • expert — A person who has a comprehensive and authoritative knowledge of or skill in a particular area.
  • practised — skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience: a practiced hand at politics.
  • unashamed — not ashamed; not restrained by embarrassment or consciousness of moral guilt: a liar unashamed even after public disgrace.
  • egotistical — Excessively conceited or absorbed in oneself; self-centered.
  • order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.

Antonyms for hotshot

adj hotshot

  • clumsy — A clumsy person moves or handles things in a careless, awkward way, often so that things are knocked over or broken.
  • unskilled — of or relating to workers who lack technical training or skill.
  • incompetent — not competent; lacking qualification or ability; incapable: an incompetent candidate.
  • unable — lacking the necessary power, competence, etc., to accomplish some specified act: He was unable to swim.
  • unskillful — not skillful; clumsy or bungling.

noun hotshot

  • commoner — In countries which have a nobility, commoners are the people who are not members of the nobility.
  • nobody — a person of no importance, influence, or power.
  • obscurity — the state or quality of being obscure.
  • unknown — not known; not within the range of one's knowledge, experience, or understanding; strange; unfamiliar.
  • nonentity — a person or thing of no importance.

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