hotkey

See also: Hotkey and hot key

English

Alternative forms

• hot key

Etymology

From hot +‎ key.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɒtkiː/
• Hyphenation: hot‧key

Noun

hotkey (plural hotkeys)

1. (computing) A keyboard shortcut.

Translations

keyboard shortcut — see keyboard shortcut

Verb

hotkey (third-person singular simple present hotkeys, present participle hotkeying, simple past and past participle hotkeyed)

1. (computing, intransitive) To navigate by means of a keyboard shortcut.
   • 1988, PC Mag, volume 7, number 21, page 183:

     All of the sales talk about hotkeying between 3270 sessions and DOS applications sounds great until you try to squeeze the DOS applications into the PC while it's emulating a terminal.

Anagrams

• yoketh