hotlist

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English

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Etymology

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From hot +‎ list.

Noun

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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
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Verb

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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