an accessory shoe on a camera through which electrical contact is made to an electronic flash device
hot shoe in American English
noun
Photography
a bracket on a camera body that provides support and electrical contact for an electronic flashattachment
Word origin
[1970–75]This word is first recorded in the period 1970–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: consciousness-raising, good old boy, postmodernism, stress test, urban legend
Examples of 'hot shoe' in a sentence
hot shoe
It has the minimum number of buttons, lumps and bumps — not even a 'hot shoe' bracket on top to mount a flash.