"hot hand" meaning in All languages combined

See hot hand on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-hot hand.ogg [Australia] Forms: hot hands [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hot hand (plural hot hands)
  1. (idiomatic, basketball) Used in reference to a player who makes a series of successful shots in a game. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Basketball
    Sense id: en-hot_hand-en-noun-WZ6d5BX0 Categories (other): English alliterative compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English alliterative compounds: 85 15 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 93 7 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 90 10 Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (idiomatic, by extension) A sustained period of luck or success; a streak of good luck. Tags: broadly, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-hot_hand-en-noun-EH4MWjcw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: overplay one's hand

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for hot hand meaning in All languages combined (2.6kB)

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