HOTFOOT

hotfoot

(adverb) without delay; speedily; “sent ambassadors hotfoot to the Turks”- Francis Hackett; “drove hotfoot for Boston”

hotfoot

(noun) a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim’s shoe and then lighting it

rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it

(verb) move hurridly; “He rushed down the hall to receive his guests”; “The cars raced down the street”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

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.

Adverb

hotfoot

(British) hastily; without delay.

Verb

hotfoot (third-person singular simple present hotfoots, present participle hotfooting, simple past and past participle hotfooted)

(transitive) To run (a distance).

Anagrams

• foothot

Source: Wiktionary

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Hot"foot`, adv.

Definition: In haste; foothot. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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