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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Slang A person of impressive skill and daring, especially one who is highly successful and self-assured.
  • noun A nonstop freight train.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A foolish, inconsiderate fellow.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a successful, self-confident person who is regarded by others as highly skilled; -- sometimes used ironically in reference to aggressive persons whose opinion of their own talents is considered exaggerated.
  • adjective highly talented, self-confident and successful.
  • adjective flamboyantly displaying one's skills.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Highly skilled.
  • adjective Displaying talent.
  • noun Someone with exceptional skills in a certain field.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

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