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Hotshot
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- 1 Highly skilled. informal
"He was a hotshot lawyer, with an astounding win-loss record."
- 2 Displaying talent. informal
"Keep up those hotshot baskets, and the scouts are sure to take notice."
- 1 Someone with exceptional skills in a certain field. informal
"She sure was a hotshot on the keyboard, 93 words per minute!"
- 2 someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field wordnet
- 3 A type of firefighter highly skilled in wildfire firefighting without external support, using basic tools that are backpacked in and manhandled about.
- 4 A portable device that is used to jump-start an automobile battery, or the electrical output of such a device. US
- 5 A fast freight train. US
"Indeed, development proceeded so rapidly thereafter that Mopac, for instance, was rebuilding a series of 10-year-old Woodard 2-8-4's into 4-8-4's by 1940 - not because they couldn't steam but because their 63-inch drivers couldn't roll the hotshots fast enough."
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- 6 A dose of recreational drugs deliberately laced with poison. slang
"I sniffed glue, transmission fluid, gasoline, whatever drug anybody gave me, I took. […] [Y]ears ago, I was in a drug rehabilitation program and found out that my brother was killed after somebody gave him a hotshot, drugs laced with poison."
- 7 A lethal injection of heroin or another opiate.
"“You guys are being babies.” “Babies.” “Oh, we're being babies, Mac? Why don't you go work for your dad all day?” “My dad's a meth dealer.” “[Mock Crying] Oh, oh, no! My daddy's in prison!” “My daddy used to give hot shots to prostitutes. Feel sorry for me!”"
- 1 To give (somebody) a dose of recreational drugs deliberately laced with poison. slang, transitive
Etymology
From hot + shot.
From hot + shot.
From hot + shot.
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