hot shoe
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of hot shoe
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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It was a pioneer for collectors wanting to sell rare shoes on consignment and for buyers willing to stand in line for hours to snag the next hot shoe during exclusive product drops.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2022
Their devotees got loud when Ahlum asked if one of them might own the hot shoe.
From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2019
Instead, Leica intends it to be used as a thumb rest, in place of the optional thumb grips that many owners slide into the camera’s hot shoe.
From The Verge • Oct. 24, 2018
“The products are difficult to make so I do small runs of them. The mule happens to be the hot shoe for us.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2017
Though the opponents of hot fitting draw a lurid picture of the direful consequences of applying a hot shoe to the hoof, it is only the abuse of the practice that is to be condemned.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
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