[
UK
/hˈɒtfʊt/
]
ADVERB
-
without delay; speedily
sent ambassadors hotfoot to the Turks
drove hotfoot for Boston
NOUN
- a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it
VERB
-
move hurridly
He rushed down the hall to receive his guests
The cars raced down the street
How To Use hotfoot In A Sentence
- It was still there a couple of years ago when Brendan Laney and Todd Blackadder arrived hotfoot from an NPC final.
- The local priest sent word to the Station that same night that he heard of poteen being sold in full view and openly at a certain premises and could I go there hotfoot?
- As a result of this broadcast ITV was inundated with inquiries and the camera team was sent hotfoot to film the pupils at Biddenham Upper School and to chat with them.
- Sometimes our guards have to hotfoot it over to Buckley with extra shotguns and rifles.
- sent ambassadors hotfoot to the Turks
- Mildly depressed, Taylor hotfooted it to Caithness for a bit of regenerative soul searching, and was introduced to MacKay through a mutual friend.
- The children come running hotfoot when they hear tea is ready.
- The deal sealed in public, Loeb hotfooted it out of there, leaving us wondering: PR stunt or blue-sky thinking? Real-life violence rocks the Comic-Con nerds in San Diego
- Once we finish with the Lexus, Ernie and I will have to hotfoot it back to Bisbee. DEVIL'S CLAW
- We then hotfooted it to nearby Coldfoot, mile 175 on the Dalton Highway, the 414-mile gravel road that runs from Fairbanks to Prudhoe Bay. Richard Bangs: So, You Think That's Cold?
