"hotfoot" in the noun sense

1. hotfoot

a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it

"hotfoot" in the verb sense

1. rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it

move hurridly

"He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"

"The cars raced down the street"

"hotfoot" in the adverb sense

1. hotfoot

without delay speedily

"sent ambassadors hotfoot to the Turks"- Francis Hackett

"drove hotfoot for Boston"

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