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1hotfoot
adverb hot·foot \ˈhät-ˌfu̇t\
Definition of HOTFOOT
: in haste
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First Known Use of HOTFOOT
14th century
Related to HOTFOOT
- Synonyms
- cursorily, headlong, hastily, hurriedly, pell-mell, precipitately, precipitously, rashly
- Antonyms
- deliberately, studiedly
Rhymes with HOTFOOT
afoot, barefoot, bigfoot, birthroot, Blackfoot, board foot, claw-foot, clubfoot, cocksfoot, coltsfoot, crow's-foot, cube root, enroot, forefoot, hard put, input, kaput, on foot, outfoot, output, prop root, Rajput, redroot, shot put, snakeroot, splayfoot, square root, squawroot, taproot, throughput, trench foot, uproot, webfoot
2hotfoot
verb
: to go quickly
Full Definition of HOTFOOT
intransitive verb
: to go hotfoot : hurry —usually used with it
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First Known Use of HOTFOOT
1896
3hotfoot
noun
plural hotfoots
Definition of HOTFOOT
: a practical joke in which a match is surreptitiously inserted between the upper and the sole of a victim's shoe and lighted
First Known Use of HOTFOOT
1934
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