hotlist

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

hot +‎ list

Noun[edit]

hotlist (plural hotlists)

  1. A list of items of special interest.
    Synonyms: hit list, hot sheet, short list
    • 2009 February 24, “Six CPS schools to stay open”, in ABC7Chicago.com:
      There were 22 schools on the hotlist to close, consolidate or be turned around.
    • 2009 March 7, “Health, environment departments take action on four substances”, in The Canadian Press TORONTO:
      The federal government is proposing to add a number of substances to a hotlist that will prevent them from being used in cosmetics.

Verb[edit]

hotlist (third-person singular simple present hotlists, present participle hotlisting, simple past and past participle hotlisted)

  1. To add something to such a list, or to be added to such a list.