hotkey /ˈhɒtkiː/noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •A keyboard shortcut. verb1 •To navigate by means of a keyboard shortcut.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. — 1988 formshotkeyed · hotkeying · hotkeys