hotshot

See also: hot shot

English

Adjective

hotshot (comparative more hotshot, superlative most hotshot)

Highly skilled.
He was a hotshot lawyer, with an astounding win-loss record.
Displaying talent.
Keep up those hotshot baskets, the scouts are sure to take notice.

Translations

highly skilled

Finnish: -niekka

Russian: иску́сный (ru) (iskúsnyj), уме́лый (ru) (umélyj), дарови́тый (ru) (darovítyj)

displaying talent

Russian: тала́нтливый (ru) (talántlivyj), дарови́тый (ru) (darovítyj), одарённый (ru) (odarjónnyj)

Noun

hotshot (plural hotshots)

Someone with exceptional skills in a certain field.
She sure was a hotshot on the keyboard, 93 words per minute!
a type of firefighter highly skilled in wildfire firefighting without external support, using basic tools that are backpacked in, and manhandled about

Coordinate terms

(firefighter): smokejumper

Translations

Someone with exceptional skills in a certain field

Finnish: taituri (fi), -niekka, ässä (fi)
French: as (fr) m, champion (fr) m

Russian: уме́лец (ru) m (umélec), уме́лица (ru) f (umélica), знато́к (ru) m (znatók), до́ка (ru) m (dóka), спец (ru) m (spec)

See also

(firefighter): interagency hotshot crew on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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