hotfoot : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hotfoot	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for hotfoot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hotfoot adv without delay; speedily; "sent ambassadors hotfoot to the Turks"- Francis Hackett; "drove hotfoot for Boston" n a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it v move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" Synonym(s): rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it Antonym(s): dawdle, linger
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hotfoot \Hot"foot`\, adv. In haste; foothot. [Colloq.]