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hotline
[ hot-lahyn ]
noun
- Also hot line. a direct telecommunications link enabling immediate communication between heads of state in an international crisis:
the hotline between Washington and Moscow.
- Also hot line. a telephone service enabling people to talk confidentially with someone about a personal problem or crisis:
The protective services system is anchored by a 24-hour, 7-days-a-week emergency hotline.
- Also hot line. a telephone line providing customers or clients with direct access to a company or professional service:
If you need assistance, feel free to chat with us through our online auto parts website or give our hotline a call.
- Chiefly Canadian. a radio program to which listeners can phone in comments or questions:
The radio hotline features advice and insight from a range of bank spokespeople during tax season.
adjective
- Chiefly Canadian. of or relating to a radio program to which listeners can phone in comments or questions.
hotline
/ ˈɒˌɪ /
noun
- a direct telephone, teletype, or other communications link between heads of government, for emergency use
- any such direct line kept for urgent use
Example Sentences
"The hotline connects trans people to a wider community, offering support and resources they need to survive and thrive," a description on Ives' shop reads.
Stefania Artega, a co-founder of the Carolina Migrant Network, helps operate a hotline that people in North Carolina and South Carolina can call to report sightings of immigration enforcement in their communities, as well as to access legal resources.
“Early on, we got a call from somebody who was hiding in the bathroom from an abusive partner and was unsure if she could call 911 and called our hotline instead,” Artega said.
She wrote about wildflower blooms for the Theodore Payne Foundation’s Wild Flower Hotline and volunteered to help renovate UCLA’s extraordinary Mathias Botanical Garden, a project that was completed in 2024.
When Veronica Sanchez called a Social Security hotline Thursday, she waited two hours before her call was abruptly disconnected.
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