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Definition of Hotfoot
1. Noun. A practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it.
2. Verb. Move fast. "They hotfoot up the hill"; "The cars raced down the street"
Generic synonyms: Go, Locomote, Move, Travel
Specialized synonyms: Barge, Push Forward, Thrust Ahead, Buck, Charge, Shoot, Shoot Down, Tear, Dart, Dash, Flash, Scoot, Scud, Shoot
Antonyms: Linger
Derivative terms: Rush, Rushing, Speed, Speed, Speeding
Also: Speed Up
3. Adverb. Without delay; speedily. "Drove hotfoot for Boston"
Definition of Hotfoot
1. adv. In haste; foothot.
Definition of Hotfoot
1. Noun. (American English) The prank of secretly inserting a match between the sole and upper of a victim's shoe and then lighting it. ¹
2. Adverb. (British) hastily; without delay. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hotfoot
1. to hurry [v -FOOTED, -FOOTING, -FOOTS] - See also: hurry
Medical Definition of Hotfoot
1. Burning pain in the soles of the feet, in multiple neuritis. Synonym: hotfoot. Origin: L. Ignis, fire, + pes (ped-), foot, + G. Ites (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hotfoot
Literary usage of Hotfoot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Paterfamilias's Diary of Everybody's Tour: Belgium and the Rhine, Munich by Martin Farquhar Tupper (1856)
"Arrived, we go hotfoot to see the waterfall, finding it twenty minutes' distance
instead of ten ; but my flock are slower than Murray's excellent anonymous, ..."
2. Let 'er Buck, a Story of the Passing of the Old West by Charles Wellington Furlong (1921)
"Blancett will be fortunate if hotfoot is satisfied without throwing himself over
backwards. "Even horses ride at the Round-Up." If you are skeptical, ..."
3. Heave 'Em Out: Phase Three by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1994)
"Well, unless you change the world--you WILL get a hotfoot, saved or not--if saved
by some “man” is your “salvation solution”. Don't like my statements? ..."
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