Hotfoot
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hotfoot is a noun meaning (US) The prank of secretly inserting a match between the sole and upper of a victim's shoe and then lighting it.
Meaning
(US) The prank of secretly inserting a match between the sole and upper of a victim's shoe and then lighting it.
More Meanings
- Moving with haste or zeal.
- (British) Hastily; without delay.
- (transitive) To run (a distance).
Example Sentences
Half the populace are idle, / Half are busy in a room; / All are gravebound from the cradle, / All are hotfoot for their doom.
The Ford was shot up heavily, so Larkin hotfooted the last mile to Ewa. Once there, he took cover beneath a truck as unchallenged Zeros strafed the neatly parked MAG-21 aircraft and the base facilities.
He hotfooted the four-and-a-half blocks across town to the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue and checked out the books Patterson had mentioned—and everything else about China he could quickly think of.
Word Forms
- hotfoots
- hotfooting
- hotfooted
Synonyms for hotfoot
Depending on context, synonyms include rush, race, hie, speed, hasten.
Antonyms for hotfoot
Common opposites include dawdle, linger.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include race, speed, hasten, hie, rush, boot.
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