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Hotfoot

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

verb-intransitive. Informal To go in haste. Often used with it: hotfoot it out of town.

ad. In haste.

n. The practical joke of lighting a match that has been secretly inserted between the sole and upper of a victim's shoe.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The prank of secretly inserting a match between the sole and upper of a victim's shoe and then lighting it.

ad. hastily; without delay.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

ad. In haste; foothot.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

In great haste; with great speed.

To chase or pursue in hot haste; follow at a hot pace.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. move fast

ad. without delay; speedily

n. a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it

Word Usage

""hotfoot" boats, and in the land where a coolie may be hired all day for forty cents Mexican or twenty cents in our coin this human power is far cheaper than soft coal at five dollars a ton."

Verb Form

hotfooted hotfooting hotfoots

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

practical joke

Form

hotfoot it

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

foothot hastily

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

oblig announce prehend demote