hot tip
noun
informal
: a valuable piece of information about something (such as the stock market or a horse race) that can help someone get money or an advantage
Examples of hot tip in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Today’s hot tip, straight out of Madrid: always take your phone to the supermarket.
—
New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
This is their first awards season at Loewe, and therefore, the first time the public really gets to see their aesthetic vision for formal wear—making this a hot tip for fashion obsessives.
—Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
Another hot tip for chocolate lovers: See’s Candy has a pop-up kiosk on Concourse C!
—Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 18 Dec. 2025
As a cub reporter in 2004, Weiss gets a hot tip about Spears’ wedding to Kevin Federline at the Studio City home of a Spears confidant.
—Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
Our hot tip for shopping the Pottery Barn Cyber Monday sale?
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024
Jetting from here to the ferry crossing where Booth and Herold made their passage, Stanton receives a hot tip from a ferryman who witnessed Booth’s performance.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024
Kenneth LeBlanc, Roy’s son, promotes the event—and his hot tip for visitors is to dig into the ribs and baked beans from Daddy B’s on the rodeo grounds.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 May 2023
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
This is their first awards season at Loewe, and therefore, the first time the public really gets to see their aesthetic vision for formal wear—making this a hot tip for fashion obsessives.
—Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
Another hot tip for chocolate lovers: See’s Candy has a pop-up kiosk on Concourse C!
—Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 18 Dec. 2025
As a cub reporter in 2004, Weiss gets a hot tip about Spears’ wedding to Kevin Federline at the Studio City home of a Spears confidant.
—Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
Our hot tip for shopping the Pottery Barn Cyber Monday sale?
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024
Jetting from here to the ferry crossing where Booth and Herold made their passage, Stanton receives a hot tip from a ferryman who witnessed Booth’s performance.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024
Kenneth LeBlanc, Roy’s son, promotes the event—and his hot tip for visitors is to dig into the ribs and baked beans from Daddy B’s on the rodeo grounds.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 May 2023
Cite this Entry
“Hot tip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20tip. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
