Usually means: Person with significant influence, authority.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. big shot: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. big shot: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. big shot: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. big shot: Collins English Dictionary
  5. big shot: Vocabulary.com
  6. big-shot: Wordnik
  7. big-shot, big shot: Wiktionary
  8. big shot: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. big shot: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. big-shot, big shot: Dictionary.com
  11. Big Shot (American TV series), Big Shot (Billy Joel song), Big Shot (US TV series), Big Shot (pinball), Big Shot (ride), Big Shot (song), Big Shot, The Big Shot: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. big shot: Rhymezone
  13. big shot: Free Dictionary
  14. big shot: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. big-shot, big shot: Dictionary/thesaurus
  16. Big shot: World Wide Words

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Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. big shot, big shot: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. big shot: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See big_shots as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (big shot)

noun:  (idiomatic) A person with a reputation of importance or power.
noun:  (idiomatic) A rare and significant chance to achieve fame or success.
noun:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, shot.

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