"hotfoot" meaning in All languages combined

See hotfoot on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Etymology: From Middle English hot-fot, hot fot, equivalent to hot + foot. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hot-fot}} Middle English hot-fot, {{m|enm|hot fot}} hot fot, {{compound|en|hot|foot}} hot + foot Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} hotfoot
  1. Moving with haste or zeal.
    Sense id: en-hotfoot-en-adj-BUj4AI~N

Adverb [English]

Etymology: From Middle English hot-fot, hot fot, equivalent to hot + foot. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hot-fot}} Middle English hot-fot, {{m|enm|hot fot}} hot fot, {{compound|en|hot|foot}} hot + foot Head templates: {{head|en|adverb}} hotfoot
  1. (British) Hastily; without delay. Tags: British Translations (Hastily): бързо (bǎrzo) (Bulgarian), спешно (spešno) (Bulgarian), schnell (German), unverzüglich (German)
    Sense id: en-hotfoot-en-adv-FK145IXI Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 44 34 18

Noun [English]

Forms: hotfoots [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English hot-fot, hot fot, equivalent to hot + foot. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hot-fot}} Middle English hot-fot, {{m|enm|hot fot}} hot fot, {{compound|en|hot|foot}} hot + foot Head templates: {{en-noun}} hotfoot (plural hotfoots)
  1. (US) The prank of secretly inserting a match between the sole and upper of a victim's shoe and then lighting it. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-hotfoot-en-noun-z1F449-V Categories (other): American English

Verb [English]

Forms: hotfoots [present, singular, third-person], hotfooting [participle, present], hotfooted [participle, past], hotfooted [past]
Etymology: From Middle English hot-fot, hot fot, equivalent to hot + foot. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hot-fot}} Middle English hot-fot, {{m|enm|hot fot}} hot fot, {{compound|en|hot|foot}} hot + foot Head templates: {{en-verb}} hotfoot (third-person singular simple present hotfoots, present participle hotfooting, simple past and past participle hotfooted)
  1. (transitive) To run (a distance). Tags: transitive Derived forms: hotfoot it, hotfoot spell Translations (To run): тичам (tičam) (Bulgarian), rennen (German)
    Sense id: en-hotfoot-en-verb-8P4Ky5ph

Inflected forms

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