'Hotfoot' definitions:
Definition of 'hotfoot'
(from WordNet)
adverb
Without delay; speedily; "sent ambassadors hotfoot to the Turks"- Francis Hackett; "drove hotfoot for Boston"
noun
A practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it
verb
Move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" [syn: rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it] [ant: dawdle, linger]
Definition of 'Hotfoot'
From: GCIDE
- Hotfoot \Hot"foot`\, adv. In haste; foothot. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hotfoot'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amain,
- apace,
- at once,
- bound,
- by forced marches,
- canter,
- cursorily,
- expeditiously,
- feverishly,
- fox-trot,
- furiously,
- gallop,
- get,
- get cracking,
- git,
- hand over fist,
- hastily,
- helter-skelter,
- hightail,
- hop,
- hop along,
- hop to it,
- hump,
- hump it,
- hurriedly,
- hurry-scurry,
- immediately,
- in passing,
- instantly,
- leap,
- lope,
- make tracks,
- on the run,
- pell-mell,
- promptly,
- quickly,
- run,
- shag ass,
- shake it up,
- slapdash,
- snap to it,
- speedily,
- spring,
- sprint,
- step,
- step along,
- step lively,
- step on it,
- superficially,
- swiftly,
- tear ass,
- trip,
- trot,
- with a rush,
- with all haste,
- with dispatch,
- with haste