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hotshot definition

hot·shot (hät′s̸hät′)

noun

  1. ☆ a person regarded by others or personally as an expert in some activity or as very important, aggressive, or skillful: often used ironically and attributively
  2. ☆ a fast freight train
Also written hot shot or hot-shot

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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