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hotshot

[hot-shot] / ˈhɒtˌʃɒt /


ADJECTIVE
big deal
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NOUN
ham
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And the craziest part is that Soriano isn’t some highly touted hotshot bursting onto the scene.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

The Eddie Murphy vehicle chronicles a hotshot advertising executive’s rude awakening after a merger leaves him with a new boss.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

Foster certainly replenished his coaching staff, hiring nine new assistants, including hotshot offensive coordinator Tino Sunseri.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2025

Forest Service and other hotshot crews, according to the corrections department.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

They advertise in about a thousand magazines, always showing some hotshot guy on a horse jumping over a fence.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger




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