adj
Meaning 1
Moving with haste or zeal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
hotfoot
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adv
Meaning 2
Hastily; without delay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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noun
Meaning 3
The prank of secretly inserting a match between the sole and upper of a victim's shoe and then lighting it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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verb
Meaning 4
To run (a distance).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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adverb
Meaning 5
without delay; speedily- Francis Hackett
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- sent ambassadors hotfoot to the Turks
- drove hotfoot for Boston
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noun
Meaning 6
a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it
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Broader terms: practical joke
verb
Meaning 7
move fast
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He rushed down the hall to receive his guests
- The cars raced down the street
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rush, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: travel, go, move, locomote
Narrower terms: barge, thrust ahead, push forward, tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck, dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash
History
Etymology
From Middle English hot-fot, hot fot, equivalent to hot + foot.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: бързо (bǎrzo) — Hastily
- Bulgarian: спешно (spešno) — Hastily
- German: schnell — Hastily
- German: unverzüglich — Hastily
- Bulgarian: тичам (tičam) — To run
- German: rennen — To run