hotfoot

Plural: hotfoots

Noun

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

Verb

Verb Forms: hotfooted, hotfooting, hotfoots

• To hurry or rush quickly; to run swiftly.
• move fast
• To run (a distance).

Adverb

• without delay; speedily; - Francis Hackett
  • "sent ambassadors hotfoot to the Turks"
  • "drove hotfoot for Boston"

Adj

• Moving with haste or zeal.

Adv

• Hastily; without delay.

Examples

• I had to hotfoot it to make a word before the timer ran out in Words With Friends.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

linger

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