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

Examples of hot take in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On the show, Wilson gave his hot takes on the latest NFL news, including Brock Purdy’s contract extension with the San Francisco 49ers and why he was hyped for the 2025 NFL Schedule release. —Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 19 May 2025

Talk about a close minded hot take from 3 guys obviously based out on the west coast somewhere! —Eric Koreen, New York Times, 14 May 2025

The 54-year-old doubled down on his hot take, saying that Scheffler, despite coming off one of the most dominant seasons in PGA Tour history, would not win in 2025 before the Ryder Cup in late September. —Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2025

All festival lovers in our own right, the PEOPLE team returned to normalcy ready to share our hot takes from the weekend. —Daniela Avila, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

2012, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hot take

• awake
• backache
• beefsteak
• betake
• cheesecake
• cupcake
• daybreak
• earthquake
• eastlake
• forsake
• handshake
• headache