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

It was fed by the strategic hot take that Moscow is an ally-in-waiting for the United States against China, rather than – increasingly – an energy-producing vassal to Beijing. —Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025

Sports fans no longer need to watch the network showing the game in order to catch the latest analysis and hot takes after the clock runs out. —Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025

The comedian joined Che and Jost frequently on the segment, delivering charismatic hot takes as himself or one-off characters like Michelangelo’s David and Punxsutawney Phil. —Dave Paulson, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025

What is your hottest outdoor hot take? —Outside Online, 27 Aug. 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