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

Social media exploded with hot takes from all over the political spectrum Thursday amid the very public and acrimonious split between President Trump and Elon Musk. —Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 6 June 2025

Expect to see a slew of memes, hot takes and outfit reviews populate social media platforms such as X, TikTok and Instagram all evening. —Angela Yang, NBC news, 6 May 2025

Of turning your life — your talents, charms and hot takes — into content? —Jeremy Engle, New York Times, 1 May 2025

Users across Facebook, TikTok and Reddit were sharing their thoughts and hot takes about who would win as of April 28. —Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 1 May 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