hot ticket

noun

: someone or something very popular : rage

Examples of hot ticket in a Sentence

The musical is this season's hot ticket. She's a hot ticket on the lecture circuit.
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Paak, Gavin Turek, and Cakes da Killa are on the guest list to a party where the chillout lounge and dancefloor are equally hot tickets. Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 7 Mar. 2025 Two Americans in a U.S. Open semifinal makes for a hot ticket. Pete Gannon, Axios, 6 Sep. 2024 The King & Conqueror screening was a hot ticket, with the Curzon Soho movie theater packed. Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2025 Unsurprisingly, the villa is expected to be a pretty hot ticket and one of the most competitive rentals on the island. Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 27 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hot ticket

Word History

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hot ticket was in 1936

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“Hot ticket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20ticket. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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