hotfoot

1. 1.

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

   Broaderpractical joke

1. 1.

   move hurridly

   “He rushed down the hall to receive his guests”

   “The cars raced down the street”

   Synonymsrushhastenhiespeedracepelt alongrush alongcannonball alongbucket alongbelt alongstep on it

   Broadertravel

   Narrowerbargeteardart

1. 1.

   without delay; speedily

   “sent ambassadors hotfoot to the Turks”

   “drove hotfoot for Boston”

Other forms of hotfoot

plural

hotfoots·

past tense

hotfooted·

present participle

hotfooting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hotfoot

What does hotfoot mean?

hotfoot means "a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hotfoot?

hotfoot has 2 syllables: hot-foot. The stress falls on "hot".

What is another word for hotfoot?

Close synonyms include rush, hasten, hie, speed, race. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hotfoot a common word?

hotfoot is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.