Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hotfoot

1 sense of hotfoot

Sense 1
hotfoot -- (a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it)
       => practical joke -- (a prank or trick played on a person (especially one intended to make the victim appear foolish))

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb hotfoot

1 sense of hotfoot

Sense 1
rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it -- (move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street")
       => travel, go, move, locomote -- (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast")

Synonyms of adv hotfoot

1 sense of hotfoot

Sense 1
hotfoot -- (without delay; speedily; "sent ambassadors hotfoot to the Turks"- Francis Hackett; "drove hotfoot for Boston")

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