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hotfoot

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adverb

hot·​foot ˈhät-ˌfu̇t How to pronounce hotfoot (audio)
: in haste

hotfoot

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verb

hotfooted; hotfooting; hotfoots

intransitive verb

: to go hotfoot : hurry
usually used with it

hotfoot

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noun

plural hotfoots
: a practical joke in which a match is surreptitiously inserted between the upper and the sole of a victim's shoe and lighted

Example Sentences

Adverb lowered his plane hotfoot onto a pasture when the engine started to sputter
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
As a demolitions expert, Daniel Craig hotfoots the story, delightfully, in the role of Joe Bang, adding the right degree of menace beneath the surface. Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 17 Aug. 2017
Noun
Our long-term BMW M340i hotfoots to 60 mph in 3.8 seconds and blasts through the quarter-mile in 12.3 seconds. Annie White, Car and Driver, 3 Apr. 2020 Thankfully there’s Warren Carlyle’s blissful choreography, especially the hotfoot, slip-sliding tap numbers. Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2018 Thankfully there’s Warren Carlyle’s blissful choreography, especially the hotfoot, slip-sliding tap numbers. Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

Adverb

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1896, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1934, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hotfoot was in the 14th century

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