HOTFOOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hotfoot mean? 

• HOTFOOT (noun)
  The noun HOTFOOT has 1 sense:

1. a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it

  Familiarity information: HOTFOOT used as a noun is very rare.

• HOTFOOT (verb)
  The verb HOTFOOT has 1 sense:

1. move hurridly

  Familiarity information: HOTFOOT used as a verb is very rare.

• HOTFOOT (adverb)
  The adverb HOTFOOT has 1 sense:

1. without delay; speedily

  Familiarity information: HOTFOOT used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOTFOOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("hotfoot" is a kind of...):

practical joke (a prank or trick played on a person (especially one intended to make the victim appear foolish))

• HOTFOOT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move hurridly

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

belt along; bucket along; cannonball along; hasten; hie; hotfoot; pelt along; race; rush; rush along; speed; step on it

Context example:

The cars raced down the street

Hypernyms (to "hotfoot" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hotfoot"):

barge; push forward; thrust ahead (push one's way)

buck; charge; shoot; shoot down; tear (move quickly and violently)

dart; dash; flash; scoot; scud; shoot (run or move very quickly or hastily)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

They hotfoot up the hill

• HOTFOOT (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Without delay; speedily

Context example:

drove hotfoot for Boston