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