Sekirov Dictionary

hotfoot

adjective 1
adverb 1
noun 1
verb 1
forms 3

adjective1

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Moving with haste or zeal.
- Half the populace are idle, / Half are busy in a room; / All are gravebound from the cradle, / All are hotfoot for their doom. — 1938

adverb1

(UK) Hastily; without delay.

noun1

(US) The prank of secretly inserting a match between the sole and upper of a victim's shoe and then lighting it.

verb1

To run (a distance).

forms

hotfooted · hotfooting · hotfoots

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