Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hot ticket

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.50 in modern English

Syllables: hot tick-et
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Admission to an event, when particularly desirable or hard to obtain.

noun

A thing that is currently enjoying great popularity.

Example Sentences

"“The openings were a hot ticket. But only on the opening night. Only on the private-screening nights. Only on a specific party night. That was it. And you went to see the stars,” says ex–gossip columnist Hay."
"In a subculture that idealizes youth, being gay and gray does not exactly make one a hot ticket. Older gays and lesbians often relegate themselves to separate and unequal meeting places."

Inflected Forms

hot tickets (plural)

Questions

What does hot ticket mean?: Admission to an event, when particularly desirable or hard to obtain.

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