hotfoot
1 of 3adverb
hot·foot ˈhät-ˌfu̇t 
: in haste
hotfoot
2 of 3verb
hotfooted; hotfooting; hotfoots
intransitive verb
: to go hotfoot : hurry —usually used with it
hotfoot
3 of 3noun
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
Synonyms
Adverb
- cursorily
- hastily
- headlong
- hurriedly
- pell-mell
- precipitately
- precipitously
- rashly
Verb
- barrel
- belt
- blast
- blaze
- blow
- bolt
- bomb [slang]
- bowl
- breeze
- bundle
- bustle
- buzz
- cannonball
- careen
- career
- chase
- course
- crack (on)
- dash
- drive
- fly
- hare
- hasten
- hie
- highball
- hump
- hurl
- hurry
- hurtle
- hustle
- jet
- jump
- motor
- nip
- pelt
- race
- ram
- rip
- rocket
- run
- rush
- rustle
- scoot
- scurry
- scuttle
- shoot
- speed
- step
- tear
- travel
- trot
- whirl
- whisk
- zip
- zoom
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Example Sentences
Adverb lowered his plane hotfoot onto a pasture when the engine started to sputter
Recent Examples on the Web
Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 17 Aug. 2017 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
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
hotfoot
adverb
as in hurriedly
with excessive or careless speed lowered his plane hotfoot onto a pasture when the engine started to sputter Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- hurriedly
- hastily
- impulsively
- precipitately
- cursorily
- rashly
- headlong
- pell-mell
- on the spur of the moment
- precipitously
- impatiently
- automatically
- impetuously
- abruptly
- impromptu
- headfirst
- recklessly
- spontaneously
- haphazardly
- suddenly
- glancingly
- headily
- thoughtlessly
- offhand
- hotheadedly
- offhandedly
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- deliberately
- circumspectly
- tentatively
- designedly
- leisurely
- slowly
- studiedly
- hesitantly
- haltingly
- hesitatingly
- falteringly
- calculatingly
Phrases Containing hotfoot
- public warehouse
- public waters
- public way
- public works
- public works and ways system
- public wrong
- public-address system
- public-key
- public-service corporation
- public-spirited
- public-spiritedness
- publically
- publican
- publicans
- publicate
- publication
- sandpainting
- sandpaintings
- sandpaper
- sandpaper fig
- sandpaper tree
- sandpapered
- sandpaperer
- sandpapering
- sandpapers