hotfoot

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English hot-fot, hot fot, equivalent to hot +‎ foot. === Noun === hotfoot (plural hotfoots) (US) The prank of secretly inserting a match between the sole and upper of a victim's shoe and then lighting it. === Adjective === hotfoot Moving with haste or zeal. === Adverb === hotfoot (British) Hastily; without delay. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === hotfoot (third-person singular simple present hotfoots, present participle hotfooting, simple past and past participle hotfooted) (transitive) To run (a distance). ==== Derived terms ==== hotfoot it hotfoot spell ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === foothot