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hotshot

[hot-shot] / ˈhɒtˌʃɒt /


ADJECTIVE
big deal
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NOUN
ham
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England survived its clash with Norway with a virtuoso performance by its 23-year-old hotshot, Jude Bellingham.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

People start claiming your hotshot 27-year-old offensive coordinator is the reason for your success.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026

Renzo Reginato, a member of the Cleveland National Forest El Coriso hotshot team, was one of three firefighters injured in the July 18 incident in Siskiyou County, according to the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2025

Top Gun was a breakthrough for Kilmer, who played Iceman, the rival to Cruise's hotshot Maverick at the US Navy's academy for elite fighter pilots.

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2025

Next to your name is another name, that of some hotshot law student who’s busy climbing his own ladder.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Diversification isn’t a formality: Since no one knows the winners across the AI ecosystem, your AI exposure should be broad, rather than centered on one or two hotshots.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 15, 2026

And it has a larger share of beginner and intermediate runs — a drag for hotshots, maybe, but a boon for families.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026

Firefighters also sometimes work in teams, often called hotshots, to clear vegetation from the land around a fire to contain and eventually starve it of fuel.

From National Geographic ● Aug. 10, 2023

It’s not an assignment the orchestra gives rising hotshots or conductors it sees once a decade.

From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2023

Not too long ago, chess-playing computers—the supervillain of many a human grandmaster—were as intimidating physically as they were virtually: bulky, sturdy, sleek, jet-black monoliths in miniature, programmed to crush chess hotshots instead of spurring evolution.

From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2023


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