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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Hotshot

· Hot·shot · IPA /ˈhɒtˌʃɒt/
01 n. a successful, self-confident person who is regarded by others as highly skilled; -- sometimes used ironically in reference to aggressive p…
  1. 1.
    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.
02 a. highly talented, self-confident and successful.
  1. 1.
    highly talented, self-confident and successful.
  2. 2.
    flamboyantly displaying one's skills.