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

Create versions for: a personal story format, a contrarian hot take, a step-by-step guide, a behind-the-scenes confession, and a predictive/future-focused piece. —Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025

Expect to continue hearing a lot of speculation, predictions, and hot takes about Rodgers and Pittsburgh leading up to the start of the season. —Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025

That’s a 1988 hot take on country’s corporate makeover from Gerry Wood, a former Billboard Nashville bureau chief and editor in chief who passed away on May 3 at the age of 87. —Joe Lynch, Billboard, 4 June 2025

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

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