hotlist

English

Alternative forms

• hot-list

Etymology

From hot +‎ list.

Noun

hotlist (plural hotlists)

1. A list of items of special interest (such as highest priority, likelihood, risk, or otherwise).

   Synonyms: hit list, hot sheet, short list

   Hypernym: list

   Coordinate term: warmlist

   • 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.

2. A list of banned items

   Synonym: blacklist

   • 2004 June 18, “Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist”, in Health Canada‎^[1]:

     The Hotlist is used to keep the cosmetic industry aware of substances that are restricted or prohibited in cosmetics

Related terms

• bucket list
• checklist
• laundry list
• shopping list
• to-do list
• wish list

 

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To add something to such a list, or to be added to such a list.
2. (transitive) To blacklist
   • 1993 August 1, Stephen T. Kent, “Internet Privacy Enhanced Mail”, in Commun. ACM‎^[2], volume 36, number 8, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 48–60:

     one must also check that the certificate is not hot-listed by Its issuer

   • 2024 May 30, Sneha Kulkarni, “How to block a debit card: 4 ways to block, hotlist PNB debit card”, in The Economic Times‎^[3], →ISSN:

     In case of loss/theft of card, the cardholder should immediately block/hotlist the card to avoid any misuse for safety reasons