Hotfoot
adverb
Quickly or in a hurry.
He went hotfoot to the police station
Often appears as...
- run hotfoot
- go hotfoot
verb
Go quickly.
She hotfooted it over to her friend's house
Often appears as...
- hotfoot it over
- hotfoot it to
noun
A prank where a match is inserted into someone's shoe and lit.
The boys played a hotfoot on their sleeping friend
Often appears as...
- play a hotfoot
- give a hotfoot
Usage tips
Informal
Childish
adverb
Quickly or in a hurry.
He went hotfoot to the police station
Often appears as...
- run hotfoot
- go hotfoot
verb
Go quickly.
She hotfooted it over to her friend's house
Often appears as...
- hotfoot it over
- hotfoot it to
noun
A prank where a match is inserted into someone's shoe and lit.
The boys played a hotfoot on their sleeping friend
Often appears as...
- play a hotfoot
- give a hotfoot
Usage tips
Informal
Childish
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Urgency Connotation
Use 'hotfoot' to suggest someone is moving with urgency, perhaps due to an emergency or important matter.
After receiving the urgent call, she went hotfoot to the hospital.
Pro Tip 2/2Informal Use
'Hotfoot' is informal and best used in casual conversation or storytelling, not in formal writing.
The kids ran hotfoot to the ice cream truck.
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