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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
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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DISPIRITEDLY
(adverb) in a dispirited manner without hope; “the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances”
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