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hotfoot::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it |
| Type of | travel, go, locomote, move |
| Has types | dash, flash, tear, thrust ahead, barge, push forward, scoot, scud, shoot, shoot down, buck, charge, dart |
hotfoot::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | practical joke |
Examples of hotfoot
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When I hotfoot it from the train, it's a relief to find them in the same room.
From the guardian.co.uk
Instead we were granted a three-day transit visa and told to hotfoot it to Lebanon.
From the getreading.co.uk
For shoes, hotfoot it to Office and Kurt Geiger for half-price bargains.
From the mirror.co.uk
Blyleven will be under surveillance in Cooperstown, lest he apply the hotfoot to Willie Mays.
From the sacbee.com
Hotfoot it to the bath to apologise to those you sent off earlier.
From the guardian.co.uk
With a smile on my face I hotfoot it to the bank and then into town to do some serious shopping.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
Elio will hotfoot it from his UK tour with his band to warm the hearts of Sunday morning listeners.
From the express.co.uk
Burrell, will you please set off hotfoot for Cheshire?
From the foxnews.com
They also got one big political hotfoot.
From the time.com
- A practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it
- Rush: move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"
- Without delay; speedily; "sent ambassadors hotfoot to the Turks"- Francis Hackett; "drove hotfoot for Boston"
- The hot foot is a prank where the prankster sets the victim's shoe laces on fire with a match or lighter. There are several other versions of the hot foot prank, but all involve using a source of flame near a victim's foot. ...
- At once, immediately:- 'Off I went hot-foot.' 'As soon as James heard the news, he wrote a letter hot-foot to his father.'
- SCRA / NASCAR Winston West / USAC Western States Sprint Car driver Troy Cline.
- Uncomfortable condition caused by insufficient cockpit insulation in footbox area
