hot shot: Meaning and Definition of

hot shot

1. incandescent shot fired to set enemy ships or buildings on fire.
2. hotshot (defs. 4, 6).

hot•shot

1. highly successful and aggressive: a hotshot lawyer; a hotshot account exec.
2. displaying skill flamboyantly: a hotshot ballplayer.
3. moving, going, or operating without a stop; fast: a hotshot express.

1. an impressively successful or skillful and often vain person.
2. an express freight train.
3. a firefighter.