hotshot

Plural: hotshots

Noun

• A showily skillful and often arrogant person.
• someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
• Someone with exceptional skills in a certain field.
• A type of firefighter highly skilled in wildfire firefighting without external support, using basic tools that are backpacked in and manhandled about.
• A portable device that is used to jump-start an automobile battery, or the electrical output of such a device.
• A fast freight train.
• A dose of recreational drugs deliberately laced with poison.

Adj

• Highly skilled.
• Displaying talent.

Verb

• To give (somebody) a dose of recreational drugs deliberately laced with poison.

Examples

• He was a hotshot lawyer, with an astounding win-loss record.
• Keep up those hotshot baskets, and the scouts are sure to take notice.
• She sure was a hotshot on the keyboard, 93 words per minute!
• The new player thought they were a hotshot, but my Q-without-U word proved them wrong.

Synonyms

ace, adept, champion, genius, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard

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