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单词 hotfoot
释义 hotfoot
I. \ˈhätˌfu̇t, usu -u̇d.+V\ adverb
Etymology: Middle English hot fot
: in haste : without delay : hastily
 < sent ambassadors hotfoot to the Turk — Francis Hackett >
 < drove his vessel hotfoot for the Boston pier — Mary H. Vorse >
II. intransitive verb
: to go hotfoot : hasten, hurry — usually used with it
 < hotfooting it north … with a Texas posse on its heels — W.F.Harris >
transitive verb
: to give (someone) a hotfoot : goad
III. noun
(plural hotfoots)
Etymology: hot (I) + foot
1. : a practical joke in which a match is surreptitiously inserted in the side of a victim's shoe and lighted
2.
 a. : a stinging rebuke : insult, taunt
  < administers one intellectual hotfoot after another to the Philistine public — Edgar Johnson >
 b. : goad, spur
  < has given tradition-bound Baltimore a hotfootNewsweek >
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