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单词 hotfoot
释义
hotfoot
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1vadv 2n

WORD FAMILY
hotfoot: hotfooted, hotfooting, hotfoots
USAGE EXAMPLES
“I gave him a little bit of a hotfoot, that’s all.”
Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind(2007)
Then they hotfooted it out of there, before park officials could get wind of what they were up to.
Los Angeles Times(Jul 22, 2016)
Teachers can’t hotfoot it out of Kansas fast enough, creating a substantial shortage expected only to get much worse.
MSNBC(Aug 05, 2015)
1
1v move fast
Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper
belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it
dawdle, linger
take one's time; proceed slowly
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
plunge
dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity
rip
move precipitously or violently
go, locomote, move, travel
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
2adv without delay; speedily
"sent ambassadors hotfoot to the Turks"- Francis Hackett
drove hotfoot for Boston
2
n a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it
Hyper
practical joke
a prank or trick played on a person (especially one intended to make the victim appear foolish)
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