big shot meaning

• Noun: big shot  big shót
  1. An important influential person
     "he thinks he's a big shot"
     - big gun, big wheel, big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, big fish, head honcho

  Derived forms: big shots

  Type of: important person, influential person, personage

  Encyclopedia: Big shot

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  [American slang]
  n. An important or influential person. Elmer is a big shot in the State Assembly.
  

• My grand-father was a big shot.
• My grandfather was a big shot.
• big shots get their dander up and memos start flying.
• All the while the blonde continued dancing, smiling faintly at the big shots who watched her with fascination.
• He remembered one of his father's cousin who had been a big shot in rome, and had marched with mussolini's army in 1922.
• Larry, i missed one shot .-it was a big shot
• And i'm not gonna let some big shot salsa king ..
• It will be interesting to meet some big shots
• Capote duncan, a big shot in the pub-lishing world
• Weren't you nervous speaking to so many big shots

• "big shot" meaning in Chinese: 〔俚语〕 ＝ big bug.
• "big shot" meaning in Japanese: big shot好い顔いいかお大物おおもの巨星きょせい巨擘きょはく
• "big shot" meaning in Russian: 1) _сл. _разг. важная персона; шишка
• "big shot" meaning in French: gros bonnet, personnalité importante,personne de prestige,...