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HOTFOOT definition: 1. very quickly and without delay: 2. to go somewhere as quickly as possible: 3. very quickly and…. Learn more.
: 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.
HOTFOOT meaning: 1. very quickly and without delay: 2. to go somewhere as quickly as possible: 3. very quickly and…. Learn more.
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.
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 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.
Definition of hotfoot adverb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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”.
Definition of 'hot-foot' hot-foot. also hotfoot. Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense hot-foots , present participle hot-footing , past tense, past participle hot-footed. verb. If you hot-foot it somewhere, you go there in a hurry. [informal] ...a group of actors hot-footing it for the bar. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
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.
