hot take

noun

: a quickly produced, strongly worded, and often deliberately provocative or sensational opinion or reaction (as in response to current news)

… it's unsurprising that many of the pundits quickest to share their latest hot take about Clinton's failure as a candidate … are men …—

Joshua Zeitz

Rash action and having "a hot take" are the coin of the realm now, not methodical deliberation and rational consideration.—

Vahe Gregorian

Yeah, there's always more than two sides to sports labor disagreements. But that didn't stop the very many hot takes over the last few days, reacting to this winter's free agency.—

Barry Rozner

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As the Wall Street Journal reported, Musk's vision won out, while Ramaswamy's tendency to have a public hot take on virtually any subject wore thin his welcome in Trumpworld. —

Ben Berkowitz, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025 This may be a hot take, but not all cooking tools and kitchen gadgets are worth splurging on—even the ones that seem enticing at first. —

Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 23 Dec. 2024 This is a hot take and has never, ever been mentioned before: how did the Cowboys coaching staff not see that Rico Dowdle was clearly the best RB on the squad? —

Michael Salfino, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024 Speaking in a recent interview with Vulture, Schrader directed his hot takes towards collaborator Richard Gere. —

Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 14 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hot take