hot shoe

American  

noun

Photography.

1. a bracket on a camera body that provides support and electrical contact for an electronic flash attachment.

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hot shoe British  

noun

1. photog an accessory shoe on a camera through which electrical contact is made to an electronic flash device

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Etymology

Origin of hot shoe

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

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

Why, bless thy gentle heart, good man, I want to turn his farthings into round gold crowns--if thou and thine infernal hot shoe do not make zanies of us all!

From Master Skylark by Bennett, John