Word Study
hotfoot
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hotfoot has 1 sense
- hotfoot(n = noun.act) Array - a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it; Array is a kind of practical joke
Verb hotfoot has 1 sense
- hotfoot(v = verb.motion) belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it - move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" is one way to go, locomote, move, travel
Sample sentence:
They hotfoot up the hill
Adverbial hotfoot has 1 sense
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hotfoot, adv., v., & adj.
--adv. in eager haste.
--v.tr. hurry eagerly (esp. hotfoot it).
--adj. acting quickly.
--adv. in eager haste.
--v.tr. hurry eagerly (esp. hotfoot it).
--adj. acting quickly.
THESAURUS
hotfoot
amain, apace, at once, bound, by forced marches, canter, cursorily, expeditiously, feverishly, fox-trot, furiously, gallop, get, get cracking, git, hand over fist, hastily, helter-skelter, hightail, hop, hop along, hop to it, hump, hump it, hurriedly, hurry-scurry, immediately, in passing, instantly, leap, lope, make tracks, on the run, pell-mell, promptly, quickly, run, shag ass, shake it up, slapdash, snap to it, speedily, spring, sprint, step, step along, step lively, step on it, superficially, swiftly, tear ass, trip, trot, with a rush, with all haste, with dispatch, with haste
For further exploring for "hotfoot" in Webster Dictionary Online