hot sheet

noun

A list of items of high current interest.

“The patrolmen were given a hot sheet of stolen cars.”

Meanings

nounhot sheet (plural hot sheets)

plural hot sheets

  1. idiomaticA list of items of high current interest.

    The patrolmen were given a hot sheet of stolen cars.

    2 more examples

    The brokers worked initially from a hot sheet of new listings.

    Anne's daily faxed hot sheet product is very profitable. You can see on line 14 that she earns about $100 from every subscriber.

    2006, Cheryl Woodard, Starting & Running a Successful Newsletter Or Magazine, page 287

    Synonyms: hit list, hotlist, short list

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA list of items of high current interest.

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