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HOTFOOT
hotfoot
(adverb) without delay; speedily; āsent ambassadors hotfoot to the Turksā- Francis Hackett; ādrove hotfoot for Bostonā
hotfoot
(noun) a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victimās 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; āHe rushed down the hall to receive his guestsā; āThe cars raced down the streetā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
Hot"foot`, adv.
Definition: In haste; foothot. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
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