单词 | hotfoot |
释义 | hotfoot (once / 43137 pages) 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, tearmove quickly and violently dart, dash, flash, scoot, scud, shootrun or move very quickly or hastily plungedash violently or with great speed or impetuosity ripmove precipitously or violently go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically 2adv without delay; speedily 2"sent ambassadors hotfoot to the Turks"- Francis Hackett drove hotfoot for Boston 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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