"big shot" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-big shot.ogg [Australia] Forms: big shots [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} big shot (plural big shots)
  1. (idiomatic) A person with a reputation of importance or power. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): People Synonyms: bigwig, important person
    Sense id: en-big_shot-en-noun-4fxVjSnz Disambiguation of People: 59 21 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 7 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 80 7 13 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 73 8 19
  2. (idiomatic) A rare and significant chance to achieve fame or success. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-big_shot-en-noun-XUe8DHuR Disambiguation of People: 59 21 20
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, shot. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: bigshot, big-shot
    Sense id: en-big_shot-en-noun-qZ-JMY~P Disambiguation of People: 59 21 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): English_bahuvrihi_compounds Disambiguation of English_bahuvrihi_compounds: 0 0 0

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