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hotshot

/ˈhɒtˌʃɒt/ noun C2
  1. Someone with exceptional skills in a certain field. (informal) · She sure was a hotshot on the keyboard, 93 words per minute!
  2. A type of firefighter highly skilled in wildfire firefighting without external support, using basic tools that are backpacked in and manhandled about.
  3. A portable device that is used to jump-start an automobile battery, or the electrical output of such a device. (US)
  4. A fast freight train. (US)
  5. A dose of recreational drugs deliberately laced with poison. (slang)
  6. A lethal injection of heroin or another opiate.

Plural hotshots

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Words, meanings, pronunciations and translations from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); how common each word is from wordfreq. Made into this dictionary by FluentPlex.