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- Dictionaryhotfoot/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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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. 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.
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.
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”.
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.
Apr 22, 2023 · hotfoot (plural hotfoots) ( US) The prank of secretly inserting a match between the sole and upper of a victim's shoe and then lighting it.
