hot ticket

English

Noun

hot ticket (plural hot tickets)

  1. Admission to an event, when particularly desirable or hard to obtain.
    • 2021 June 9, Kate Storey, quoting R. Couri Hay, “The Rise and Fall of Planet Hollywood”, in Esquire‎:
      “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.
  2. (by extension) A thing that is currently enjoying great popularity.
    • 2004, Betty Berzon, Permanent Partners: Building Gay & Lesbian Relationships That Last, page 20:
      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.
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