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    hotfoot
    /ˈhɒtfʊt/

    verb

    • 1. walk or run quickly and eagerly: "we hotfooted it after him"

    adverb

    • 1. in eager haste: "he rushed hotfoot to the planning office to object"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishHOTFOOT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    HOTFOOT definition: 1. very quickly and without delay: 2. to go somewhere as quickly as possible: 3. very quickly and…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › hotfootHotfoot Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    noun. plural hotfoots. : a practical joke in which a match is surreptitiously inserted between the upper and the sole of a victim's shoe and lighted. Synonyms. Adverb. cursorily. hastily. headlong. hurriedly. pell-mell. precipitately. precipitously. rashly. Verb. barrel. belt. blast. blaze.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryHOTFOOT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    HOTFOOT meaning: 1. very quickly and without delay: 2. to go somewhere as quickly as possible: 3. very quickly and…. Learn more.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishHOTFOOT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    1. Informal. in great haste. verb intransitive US. 2. Informal. to hurry; hasten. noun Word forms: plural ˈhotˌfoots US. 3. the prank of secretly inserting a match between the sole and upper of a victim's shoe and then lighting it. Idioms: hotfoot it. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.

  6. www.dictionary.com › browse › hotfootHOTFOOT Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com

    Hotfoot definition: a practical joke in which a match, inserted surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe, is lighted and allowed to burn down.. See examples of HOTFOOT used in a sentence.

  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › hotfootHotfoot - definition of hotfoot by The Free Dictionary

    1. a practical joke in which a match is inserted surreptitiously in the victim's shoe and then lighted. v.i. 2. to go in great haste (often fol. by it): to hotfoot it to the bank. adv. 3. in haste: to run hotfoot to class.

  8. www.oed.com › dictionary › hotfoot_advhotfoot, adv. & adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford...

    The earliest known use of the word hotfoot is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for hotfoot is from around 1300, in Body and Soul . hotfoot is formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item.

  9. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › hotfootHotfoot - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    Definitions of hotfoot. verb. move fast. synonyms: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it. see more. adverb. without delay; speedily. “"sent ambassadors hotfoot to the Turks"- Francis Hackett”. “drove hotfoot for Boston”.

  10. www.yourdictionary.com › hotfootHotfoot Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary

    adverb. In great haste. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. (UK) Hastily; without delay. Wiktionary. noun. The prank of secretly inserting a match between the sole and upper of a victim's shoe and then lighting it. Webster's New World.

  11. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishhotfoot adverb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of hotfoot adverb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.