Hotshot

Quick meaning: Hotshot is an adjective meaning (informal) Highly skilled.

Meaning

(informal) Highly skilled.

More Meanings

1. (informal) Displaying talent.
2. (informal) Someone with exceptional skills in a certain field.
3. (US) A portable device that is used to jump-start an automobile battery, or the electrical output of such a device.
4. (US, rail transport) A fast freight train.
5. A lethal injection of heroin or another opiate.
6. A type of firefighter highly skilled in wildfire firefighting without external support, using basic tools that are backpacked in and manhandled about.
7. (slang) A dose of recreational drugs deliberately laced with poison.

Example Sentences

He was a hotshot lawyer, with an astounding win-loss record.

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

Keep up those hotshot baskets, and the scouts are sure to take notice.

I sniffed glue, transmission fluid, gasoline, whatever drug anybody gave me, I took. […] [Y]ears ago, I was in a drug rehabilitation program and found out that my brother was killed after somebody gave him a hotshot, drugs laced with poison.

Word Forms

• hot shot
• hot-shot
• hotshots
• hotshotting
• hotshotted

Synonyms for hotshot

Depending on context, synonyms include adept, maven, virtuoso, sensation, ace, genius.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include wiz, genius, adept, maven, sensation, wizard.

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