English to English
hotfoot
('h/A/t,f/U/t
)
noun (n)
- a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it(noun.act)source: wordnet30
adverb (r)
- without delay; speedily(adv.all)Example:
Sent ambassadors hotfoot to the Turks.
Drove hotfoot for Boston.
source: wordnet30 - In haste; foothot.(adverb)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- move fast(verb.motion)Synonym:
belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it
Antonym:
dawdle, lingersource: wordnet30