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hotshot

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Adjective, Noun

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hot=shot

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun hotshot has 1 sense

hotshot(n = noun.person) ace, adept, champion, genius, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard - someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field; Array

is a kind of expert

has particulars: track star

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CIDE DICTIONARY

hotshot, n.

a successful, self-confident person who is regarded by others as highly skilled; -- sometimes used ironically in reference to aggressive persons whose opinion of their own talents is considered exaggerated. [PJC]

hotshot, a.

highly talented, self-confident and successful. [PJC]
flamboyantly displaying one's skills. [PJC]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

hotshot, n. & adj. esp. US colloq.
--n. an important or exceptionally able person.
--adj. (attrib.) important, able, expert, suddenly prominent.

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