n. 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. [ PJC ]
a.
n. [ Hot + spur. ] A rash, hot-headed man. Holinshed.
n. pl. The refuse of cattle taken from a drove. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]