hotkey

See also: Hotkey and hot key

English

Alternative forms

• hot key

Etymology

hot +‎ key

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɒtkiː/
• Hyphenation: hot‧key

Noun

hotkey (plural hotkeys)

1. (computing) A keyboard shortcut.

Translations

keyboard shortcut — see keyboard shortcut

Verb

hotkey (third-person singular simple present hotkeys, present participle hotkeying, simple past and past participle hotkeyed)

1. (computing, intransitive) To navigate by means of a keyboard shortcut.
   • 1988, PC Mag (volume 7, number 21, page 183)

     All of the sales talk about hotkeying between 3270 sessions and DOS applications sounds great until you try to squeeze the DOS applications into the PC while it's emulating a terminal.

Anagrams

• yoketh