shoot his numbers, a hot number, hot stuff

a hot number

hot number

Also, hot stuff. Someone or something that is currently popular or fashionable; also, someone or something unconventional or daring. For example, That new song is going to be a hot number, or He really thinks he's hot stuff. These slangy expressions use hot in the sense of "recent" or "fresh," a usage dating from the 1300s, although hot stuff dates from the 1700s and hot number from about 1900.

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━━ n. 数; 総数 ((of)); 数字; 数詞; 番号, ナンバー, 第（何）号, （雑誌の）号 (the August ～ 8月号）; 曲目; （演芸などの）出し物; 番組（のひとつ）; ((集合的)) 連中, 仲間; 【文法】数 ((単・複の)); （pl.） 算数; （pl.） 多数; （pl.） 数の優勢; （pl.） 詩 （verse）; 【楽】（pl.） リズム, 拍子; 〔話〕 品物, （商品としての）衣服; 〔俗〕 女の子; 〔話〕 （特に選ばれた）人, 物 (This is our most popular ～. この品が当店では一番よく出ます）; 【旧約】（Numbers） ((単数扱い)) 民数記; （the ～s） 数当て賭博.


Berkeley’s scope is still astounding. He wasn’t the first to shoot his numbers from above, but his agile camera changed the way dance and musicals were filmed. In his work the power is not rooted in the individual dancer, but in the majestic force of the group.
shoot (FILM) Hide phonetics
verb [I or T] shot, shot
to use a camera to record a film or take a photograph:
We shot four reels of film in Egypt.
The film was shot on location in Southern India.

shoot Hide phonetics
noun [C usually singular]
when photographers take a series of photographs, usually of the same person or people in the same place:
We did a fashion shoot on the beach, with the girls modelling swimwear.

shot Hide phonetics
noun [C]
1 a photograph:
I got/took some really good shots of the harbour at sunset.

2 a short piece in a film in which there is a single action or a short series of actions

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number (PARTICULAR THING) Hide phonetics
noun
1 [C] a particular example of something

2 [C] a particular copy of a magazine:
Have you got last week's number of the New Yorker?
He's got all the back numbers of the magazine.

3 [C] INFORMAL a piece of clothing, especially a dress, that you admire:
She was wearing a stylish Dior number.

4 [C] US SLANG a person with a particular characteristic:
He's a real sexy number, don't you think?

5 [C] a short tune or song:
Sing one of those romantic numbers.

6 [C usually singular] MAINLY US SLANG something that is often said:
He tried the usual/that old number about how his wife didn't understand him.