hotshot

[hot-shot]

hot·shot

[hot-shot] Slang.
adjective
1.
highly successful and aggressive: a hotshot lawyer; a hotshot account exec.
2.
displaying skill flamboyantly: a hotshot ballplayer.
3.
moving, going, or operating without a stop; fast: a hotshot express.
noun Also, hot shot (for defs. 4, 6).
4.
an impressively successful or skillful and often vain person.
5.
Railroads. an express freight train.
6.
a firefighter.

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Hotshot is always a great word to know.
So is navel-gazing. Does it mean:
inferior or cheap, chintzy
excessive absorption in self-analysis or focus on a single issue

Origin:
1595–1605; hot + shot1
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hotshot (ˈhɒtˌʃɒt)
 
n
informal an important person or expert, esp when showy

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Slang Dictionary

hotshot definition


  1. n.
    an important and energetic person. (Often used sarcastically. Also a term of address.) : If you're such a hotshot, why not straighten out the whole thing?
  2. mod.
    and hot-shot. brilliant; great. : So, you're the hot-shot guy who's going to straighten this place out?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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