quickly, with speed
hurry, run
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Hotfoot Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(adv.)
In haste; foothot.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutIn haste; foothot.
hotfoot
\hot"foot`\ (?), adv. in haste; foothot. [colloq.]
hotfoot
adv : without delay; speedily; "sent ambassadors hotfoot to the turks"- francis hackett; "drove hotfoot for boston" v : step on it; "he rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "the cars raced down the street" [syn: rush, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along , bucket along, belt along]
[ant: linger]
Verb
1. step on it; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"
(synonym) rush, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(hyponym) barge, thrust ahead, push forward
Adverb
1. without delay; speedily; "sent ambassadors hotfoot to the Turks"- Francis Hackett; "drove hotfoot for Boston"
Hotfoot Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
The hot foot is a prank where the prankster sets the victim's shoe laces on fire with a match or lighter. There are several other versions of the hot foot prank, but all involve using a source of flame near a victim's foot. Other versions of the prank involve using a cigarette on the victim's heel, placing a lit match between two bare toes on the victim, or sticking a book of matches to the victim's shoe with gum and lighting the matches. The hot foot prank is mentioned in several baseball stories as a prank that players play on one another. Bert Blyleven earned the nickname "Frying Dutchman" because of his love of this prank.
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