hotfoot: Meaning and Definition of

hot•foot

Pronunciation: (hot'foot"), [key]

— n., pl. v., adv. -foots,

—n.

a practical joke in which a match, inserted surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe, is lighted and allowed to burn down.

—v.i.

to go in great haste; walk or run hurriedly or rapidly (often fol. by it): to hotfoot it to the bus stop.

—adv.

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