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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:
Familiarity information: HOTFOOT used as a verb is very rare.
• HOTFOOT (adverb)
The adverb HOTFOOT has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: HOTFOOT used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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))
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
Sense 1
Meaning:
Without delay; speedily
Context example:
drove hotfoot for Boston
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