hotshot

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

(informal) a person who is extremely successful in their career or at a particular sport hotshot adjective [onlybeforenoun]: a hotshot lawyer

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

hotshotEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus hotshotEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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