"hot shot" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hot shots [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hot shot (plural hot shots)
  1. Alternative spelling of hotshot Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hotshot
    Sense id: en-hot_shot-en-noun-XpnOQxYB
  2. (historical, military, nautical) Round shot that has been heated to a glow before firing in order to set wooden enemy ships afire. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Military, Nautical, Artillery Synonyms: heated shot
    Sense id: en-hot_shot-en-noun-O8FBwwUE Disambiguation of Artillery: 17 83 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: 11 89 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 92 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 12 88 Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war

Inflected forms

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